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WASHINGTON, December 4 (Sputnik) — Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State John Kerry
have discussed
the Ukrainian situation, plans for the Iranian talks, Syrian crisis and the anti-Islamic State (IS) campaign during the ongoing OSCE Ministerial Council in Basel, Switzerland, the US State Department said Thursday.
"On Ukraine, they discussed ongoing efforts to negotiate a ceasefire on the touchline, and the Secretary urged a return to serious discussions about full implementation of Minsk," a press release issued by the State Department said.
Kerry and Lavrov held bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe's (OSCE) Council of Foreign Ministers meeting in Basel, Switzerland.
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The two officials also talked about the ongoing crisis in Syria, the plans for representatives of the
P5+1 and Iran
to meet in the coming weeks, as well as the next steps in the talks, according to the release.
It added that Kerry updated Lavrov on the anti-IS coalition conference in Brussels, as well as his “ongoing diplomatic efforts with Israelis and the Palestinians given the political and security situation on the ground.”
The 21st OSCE Ministerial Council is taking place in Basel, Switzerland on December 4-5. The two-day high-level meeting will aim to evaluate the progress made and decide on new commitments. About 20 draft declarations will likely be discussed during the Ministerial Council, according to the OSCE.
Lavrov, Kerry Discuss Ukraine, Iran, Syria at OSCE Ministerial Council
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- A defiant Putin accused opponents of trying to erect a new Iron Curtain
- Russian prime minister Dmitri Medvedev appeared to be having a nap
- Putin justified his country's actions in Crimea and Ukraine
- Vowed not to change course despite the threat of isolation
- Putin also vowed to tackle economic problems gripping Russia
Published: 07:16 EST, 4 December 2014 | Updated: 12:52 EST, 4 December 2014
Vladimir Putin compared his foreign opponents to Adolf Hitler and accused them of trying to erect a new Iron Curtain around Russia, but his stirring state-of the-nation address seemed to bore the country's prime minister who used to occasion to have a little snooze.
In a defiant speech to the Russian parliament, Putin said: 'Hitler also failed when, with his hateful ideas, he was going to destroy Russia, throw us back behind the Urals. Everyone should remember how it ended.
'We will stand up for the diversity of the world,' he told the room a full room of cabinet ministers, politicians and community leaders at the Grand Kremlin Palace.
'We will deliver truth to people abroad... And we will do this even in those cases when governments of some countries are trying to build around Russia something next to a new Iron Curtain.'
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In a defiant speech, Russian president Vladimir Putin defended his country's action in Ukraine during his annual state-of-the-nation address at Moscow's Grand Kremlin Palace
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With his eyes closed, Russian prime minister Dmitri Medvedev appears to be having a nap during Putin's speech
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Hundreds of cabinet ministers, politicians and community leaders gathered to listen to Putin as he outlined his plans for Russia's future
'No one will succeed in defeating Russia militarily,' he boasted. 'They would have been delighted to let us go the way of Yugoslavia and the dismemberment of the Russian peoples, with all the tragic consequences. But it did not happen. We did not allow it to happen.'
'The more we retreat and justify ourselves, the more brazen our opponents become and the more cynically and aggressively they behave.'
But while most of his audience looked on adoringly, Russian prime minister Dmitri Medvedev, appeared to use the occasion to have a little snooze.
Medvedev, who as a former president, has given state-of-the-nation speeches himself, was also spotted yawning as Putin insisted he would not change course despite the threat of diplomatic isolation.
Justifying his country's annexetion of Ukraine's Crimean peninsula in March, he describing it as spiritual ground for Russia, 'our Temple Mount.'
'If for many European countries, sovereignty and national pride are forgotten concepts and a luxury, then for the Russian Federation a true sovereignty is an absolutely necessary condition of its existence,' Putin said.
'I want to stress: either we will be sovereign, or we will dissolve in the world. And, of course, other nations must understand this as well,' he added.
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A man watches a broadcast of Putin's defiant speech. The Russian leader insisted his country would not change course despite the threat of diplomatic isolation
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The speech was broadcast live across Russia. Putin accused the west of 'pure cynicism' over the Ukraine crisis in apparent reference to sanctions against his country
Despite increasing pressure on the Russian economy, Putin insisted he would not change course despite the threat of diplomatic isolation.
He also accused the West of 'pure cynicism' over the Ukraine crisis, in an apparent reference to US and European sanctions against his country.
'If this did not happen they would come up with another excuse to hold Russia back, to contain Russia, to influence Russia, or to take advantage of Russia for their own interests,' he said.
'For decades or even centuries, that is the policy the west has been pursuing,' he added. 'Every time they think that Russia is too strong, to independent they use these tools immediately.'
More than 4,300 people have been killed in eastern Ukraine since the conflict began between government forces and separatist rebels who want closer ties with Russia.
Putin once again expressed his displeasure over the toppling of Ukrainian Presidential Viktor Yanukovych who was ousted in February after weeks of protests about his decision to abandon closer ties with the European Union.
Hitler also failed when, with his hateful ideas, he was going to destroy Russia, throw us back behind the Urals. Everyone should remember how it ended
But the bullish leader, whose country has been accused of financing the rebels and fomenting unrest in the Ukraine, did not offer any insight into what Russia's next actions in eastern Ukraine could be.
While promising to boost the country's national defence budget, he said that Russia was not going to get involved in an expensive arms race, but he claimed unspecified 'unusual solutions' are at the nation's disposal.
While not cutting back ties with the US and Europe, he said Russia would pursue its own agenda and build new relations with South America, Asia and the Middle East.
He also announced drastic measures to revive Russia's faltering economy, including a tax amnesty for investors bringing capital back into the country.
Russia is expected to enter recession next year, for the first time in six years but Putin praised the work of the Central Bank, which moved to free float the ruble this year, allowing it to hit a record of almost 55 rubles to the dollar on Wednesday.
He also made an extraordinary call for crooked oligarchs and the Russian mafia to return their riches from offshore accounts, guaranteeing them immunity from prosecution if they did.
'I propose a full amnesty for capital returning to Russia. I stress, full amnesty,' he said, vowing that those repatriating their money into Russian banks would not face secret services and police questioning over how they accrued their wealth.
'If a person legalises his holdings and property in Russia, he will receive firm legal guarantees that he will not be summoned to various agencies, including law enforcement,' he said.
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