Its press and information department highlights misquotations of Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov's address to the Consultative Council of Russia's constituent entities as it held session in Moscow, yesterday. More than that, the address is badly misinterpreted with fact-juggling, point out ministerial PR.
The minister called all parts of Russia for unified foreign policies. "We are willing to help on with expertise of projects which reach us for coordination. We shall evaluate them from the viewpoint of their compliance with such unified policies, and we shall help relevant contracts to become effective. We shall necessarily insist on unified foreign policies, and we call to see out point. That is an express demand of our acting legislation," stressed Mr. Lavrov.
"Contacts with such our partners as Moldova and the [post-Soviet] Baltic countries are of especial importance. Meanwhile, those countries attempt, all too often, to start links with Russian regions bypassing [Russia's federal] center-they hope the arrangement will promote their economic interests, and occasionally political."
In that context, the Foreign Minister said he hoped the regions would properly understand the matter.
Certain media outlets have misquoted the above passage, remarks the press and information department, to deliberately leave out Mr. Lavrov's emphasis on unified foreign policies as "an express demand of our acting legislation".
As the Russian law has it, the Foreign Ministry is principal agency for matters where contacts with other countries and international organizations are concerned. It is up to the Foreign Ministry to keep all-round supervision of Russia's compliance with its international pledges and obligations. The ministry also coordinates related activities by other federal executive agencies, as well as transnational contacts by constituent entities of the Russian Federation, point out ministerial PR.
