danes, who took part in the work of the eastern economic forum, reached a number of agreements aimed at expanding russian-mongolian economic cooperation in a number of areas. as for russian-portuguese relations, they have been diverse and mutually beneficial for many years, even centuries. now, for well- known reasons, the bilateral political and economic dialogue of cooperation, suspended, we regret this and are confident that in the end the situation will improve we convey the great importance of relations with libya and its interest in a just and sustainable settlement of the protracted internal conflict in this country. russia will continue to support sovereignty, territorial integrity, help the friendly and malevich people defend their right to a decent life, peace and security, as the situation stabilizes,

the internal situation, or we look forward to the resumption of bilateral cooperation in various fields. welcome setting the leadership of the republic of mali to the formation relations of long-term strategic partnership with our country and the development of mutually beneficial ties during a detailed telephone conversation held in august with the president of the transitional period, agatha, agreed to continue joint efforts in the fight against international terrorism and religious extremism. russia will continue to provide the mari people with comprehensive assistance and support, including the supply of necessary food , fertilizers and industrial goods, we will continue to cooperate in the humanitarian sphere, expand in in particular, the number of places for citizens begs those wishing to study in russian higher educational institutions. the day after tomorrow, the republic of male is celebrating independence day . we sincerely congratulate all the prayers on the

national holiday. let me remind you that during the second world war, new zealand, as part of a coalition of allies, fought together with the soviet union against nazism against this man of hateful ideology. the current state of affairs in bilateral relations. as you know, it cannot be considered satisfactory. armenia is our nearest friend and strategic ally, i would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the brotherly armenian people and the leadership of the country on this occasion. tomorrow is independence day for this year there are two significant anniversaries at once. the thirtieth anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between our countries and the twenty-fifth anniversary of the signing of the fundamental treaty of friendship, cooperation and mutual assistance. russia and armenia maintain an intensive political dialogue. only this year. nicole and

i. we met in avarievich pashinyan three times, including most recently in vladivostok , at the eastern economic forum in november, yerevan will host the annual summit of the collective security treaty organization. headed by secretary general mudakaba, she was instructed, based on the results of studying the state of affairs, to prepare a proposal for the collective security council, stressed any conflict situations. between those close to us states are of great concern to us. we call on everyone to show restraint, strictly observe the ceasefire and firmly follow the tripartite statements of the leaders of russia of azerbaijan and armenia. we proceed from the fact that the key to resolving disputed

territorial issues is professional joint work within the framework of the bilateral commission on the delimitation of the armenians of the azerbaijani border , advisory assistance from russia colombia a promising partner of russia in latin america with whom we are interested in supporting we share friendly relations, expressed in a recent message of the new president peter the constructive attitude to intensify communication in energy trade, infrastructure, scientific and technical, educational and cultural spheres. we will continue to consistently support, within the framework of the un security council, international efforts for a post-conflict settlement in colombia in the interests of maintaining peace and national harmony in this country, ensuring regional security and stability. we intend to further strengthen traditional friendly relations with united republic of tanzania, including in

such promising areas as peaceful atom, transport, energy, tourism. we welcome the role of the active role. the etenzoanist side in solving the problems of the african continent will interact on a wide range of topical issues of the regional and international agenda. the assets of russian philippine relations include successfully implemented projects in various fields, there are all prerequisites for expanding such a relationship , cooperation in the energy sector, space exploration, sphere, information technology, agro-industry and tourism. we are ready for partner-to-partner interaction and hope that the same approach will be shared by the new leadership of the philippines. we are convinced that the development of cooperation between russia and moldova historically close to us on the principles of pragmatism and mutual benefits meets the fundamental interests of the peoples of the two countries. russia

has acted and continues to act as a guarantor transnistrian settlement. by the way, in matters of energy security of the young. we act in strict accordance with all agreements that were based on the proposals of the moldovan side. the strategic partnership relations, based on the traditions of friendship, the cultural, spiritual and historical closeness of our fraternal peoples, are more beautifully connected with our hearts on a regular basis, we regularly discuss with president vučić, in personal meetings and by telephone, key issues for the further development of cooperation. we appreciate the desire of serbian friends to pursue a balanced independent course in the international arena and will continue to inform, work on deepening the policy of political dialogue by expanding interaction in the economics of trade in the scientific, technical, cultural and humanitarian spheres.

within the framework of international law, relying primarily on un security council resolution 1244, we will continue to provide all -round support to our serbian friends in defending the legitimate rights of serbia's interests, protecting its state sovereignty and territorial integrity senegal is one of russia's most important partners in africa diplomatic relations were established 60 years ago and all these years our countries have been successfully interacting, both in politics and in other areas, including trade and the economic sphere. president sal of senegal and i held productive talks this summer in the city of sochi, taking into account senegal's chairmanship of the african union, we discussed issues related to strengthening stability and security throughout the african continent, as well as preparations for the upcoming russia-africa summit, relations with the republic of cyprus have always been

built taking into account the cultural and spiritual commonality and the traditions of friendship between our peoples, the russian federation has been and is in favor of a comprehensive, just and viable settlement of the cap problem on the basis of un security council resolutions -the economic situation in the country, as a permanent member of the un security council and a member of the group of friends of the great lakes region, russia will continue to actively contribute to the peace process in the democratic republic of the congo and the region as a whole. russia's relationship with uganda as one of russia's reliable partners in africa is of a friendly and mutually beneficial nature; we are

confident that our ties in the political, trade and economic authorities will continue to develop successfully, including in new promising areas, for example, in the use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes. russia is connected long-standing relationship of friendship and cooperation with sudan dialogue at various levels, which contributes to the expansion of business cooperation in the field of geology and subsoil use of food supplies in august, the seventh meeting of the russian sudanese intergovernmental commission was held in moscow, we look forward to the implementation of all the agreements reached at it. russia consistently supports the speedy normalization of the internal political situation in sudan, supports the efforts of the sudanese leadership aimed at this, and we stand for the further strengthening of constructive cooperation with the state is ready to continue close

foreign policy coordination, and not only in middle eastern affairs, but also on other topical international issues, we see untapped reserves in the development of trade, economic and investment cooperation. take this opportunity to. i would like to congratulate the leadership of nepal and all the nepalese peoples on the constitution day celebrated today as a state holiday and wish them success and prosperity. russia's relations with nepal have always been built in an atmosphere of mutual understanding and friendship. we hope so will be henceforth. fraternal belarus, our closest ally and strategic partner, this year we celebrated the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations, a multidisciplinary integration cooperation between each of the two countries is being consistently implemented, the fundamental agreement on the creation of a union state, as well as additionally, 28 specific programs agreed in the development of this agreement in

the work of large-scale trade and investment projects aimed at further growth of the well-being of russian and belarusian citizens jointly, but we are actively confronting the challenges and threats to the security of our states, cooperating within the framework of the course of the eaeu cb. and the cis has already said that at the recent summit in samara in samarkand, a decision was made to start the procedure for the admission of the republic of belarus to the shanghai cooperation organization in full. built in belarus in this authoritative regional organization significant diversified and mutually beneficial experience of cooperation has been accumulated with the republic of korea. it's important that we interact on the situation on the korean peninsula in the telephony of complex political and diplomatic regulation. strengthening regional security and stability venezuela, our strategic

partner and reliable ally of latin america and the world as a whole, maintains an intensive dialogue with president maduro, the positions of russia and venezuela on the main issues of the international agenda are close or completely coincide, we mean to further increase bilateral cooperation in all areas. first of all, in energy. industry infrastructure transport and pharmacists support the efforts of the venezuelan government aimed at stabilizing the internal situation, protecting national sovereignty and condemn the introduced against. republics are not legitimate sanctions themselves ladies and gentlemen, i literally touched upon russia's relations with the states you represent, hoping that with your active participation these relations will develop dynamically and be filled with new ones.