Sergei Lavrov Quotes

Any nation that refuses to hold intercourse with other nations must expect to be excluded from this family.

A globalized world is by now a familiar fact of life. Building walls or moats may sound appealing, but the future belongs to those who tend to their people and then boldly engage the rest of the world, near and far.

In this day and age, the U.S. and Europe do not have the luxury of focusing solely on a single region.

France has always succeeded because it is part of the world.

We don't want an America that is closed to the world. What we want is a world that is open to America.

Europe has found itself confronted with fresh challenges - challenges of a global character, the nature of which is directly connected with changes in the international climate and the difficulties of seeking new models for co-operation.

To contrast national solidarity and international cooperation as two opposites seems foolish to me.

Well, I think the United States first of all has to recognize the world for what it is.

Cooperation and collaboration among nations and countries can help in the process of development of promoting welfare as well as bringing peace and stability.

We regard America and Europe as old friends. We keep old friends, but we make new friends in Japan, India, and China.

To be influential in tomorrow's world, to defend our values and our development model, France needs Europe and Europe needs France.

There's a policy now of opening the doors to the outside world.

Here we encounter two conflicting concepts with which we must come to grips in our time: the idea of national solidarity and the idea of international cooperation.

Our ability to effectively engage China and the Arab world rests on shared economic and political interests and mutual understanding.

The most tragic paradox of our time is to be found in the failure of nation-states to recognize the imperatives of internationalism.

Globalization is blurring the distinction between foreign affairs and domestic politics.

If the whole of the 20th century has taught us anything, it has taught us that borders must be respected.

This age of globalization is marked by the adoption of universal principles governing such matters as democracy, human rights, trade and development.

National boundaries are blurred by advanced communications and global commerce, and by the decisions of States to yield some sovereign prerogatives to larger, common political associations.

Only a dynamic and strategically-minded America, together with a unifying Europe, can jointly promote a larger and more vital West, one capable of acting as a responsible partner to the rising and increasingly assertive East.

I have learned some core lessons along the way. Among the most important, I have become a firm believer that a strong geopolitical relationship can be born out of a strong economic relationship, which often begins with trade.

It's been a great privilege to see how interwoven nations are and how incredibly complex these relationships are. It's so elaborate.

In addition to deep divisions on issues such as trade, climate change, Middle East peace and nuclear weapons, Trump's attacks on leaders such as Trudeau and Merkel and disrespect for NATO and other institutions are prompting a reassessment by allied governments and publics.

It's important that we have a global perspective and look abroad and learn from our neighbors.

We live in an inter-dependent world. An isolated India is not in our interest. Just because we are a large country, we cannot be arrogant and think that we can ignore others. We live in a different era. Terrorism is global and can come from even remote countries. International summits and organizations like WTO take decisions which will bind us and if we are not present in such summits, we may be hurt by the decisions taken.