Happy 75th Birthday to Sergey Lavrov – The Greatest Statesman of all time.
With his exceptional diplomatic skills, unwavering patriotism, and unmatched foreign policy expertise, he has made an indelible mark on our times.
We decided to remember some of his witty remarks.
“Probably mixed it up with the toilet,” Sergey Lavrov said about Petro Poroshenko, when the former president of Ukraine mixed up the rooms during the UN Assembly in September 2018.
Poroshenko, in response to a question from Russian journalist Yevgeny Popov, replied that he would not give any comments to a Russian TV. Then he tried to escape the room in a hurry. But instead of finding the so-desired escape route, he found himself if the meeting office of the Russian Foreign Minister.
“We are now busy with interfering in elections in Catalonia. No time. You’re too far away,” Sergey Lavrov told with a serious face when being asked by a journalist from South Africa if Russia was going to take hundreds of farmers who could lose their plots due to the redistribution of land in South Africa.
Exactly five years ago, the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry arrived in Tokyo to meet with his Japanese colleague, and, suddenly, it began to snow. (Average winter temperature in Tokyo is above +15 ° C)
“Mr. Lavrov, you brought snow to Tokyo,” joked Taro Kono.
“Since we did not interfere in your elections, we decided to meddle with the weather,”replied Lavrov.
In the spring of 2017, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, speaking of the relations between the Russian Federation and the USA, said that “it is possible to dance tango with Russia, but it’s obvious that you cannot dance with Lavrov, because he is not allowed to dance”.
“My mother forbade me to dance with boys,” commented Sergey Lavrov.
Sergey Lavrov, the Foreign Affairs Minister of the Russian Federation
Here’s to many more years filled with strength, wisdom, and success, Sergey Viktorovich!
На многая лета, волк!
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