Alexander Yakovenko Quotations

Unfortunately mere visits to Skopje by high international representatives, discussions about inter-ethnic accord and admonitions to Albanian community leaders are not enough,

envisages a two-tier system of electing a president.

Effective measures are necessary to end the fighters' activities, liquidate their bases in Kosovo and reliably close the Kosovo section of the Yugoslav-Macedonian border and the Albanian-Macedonian border.

Moscow sees no reason to submit the question of the Iranian nuclear program to the UN Security Council,

The problem of skinheads is common to both Russia and other countries, and we should fight it together.

In this regard, we would like to note that, according to international law, full responsibility for taking care of Iraqis' humanitarian needs rests first and foremost with the occupation authorities,

Russia supports boosting OSCE economic efforts and the full-scale and balanced implementation of the Economic Strategy.

It's hardly surprising that Russian foreign policy is misinterpreted abroad. This happens because the Russian and Western media cite the opinions of NGOs that are heavily bankrolled with foreign capital.

Despite the firmness of the statement by the North Korean Foreign Ministry, ... Russia still hopes for the soonest possible resumption of the six-nation negotiations and compromises in settling problems with due consideration of the interests of all sides.

The fulfillment of this decision would be a serious political mistake which would have the worst negative impact on the situation in the region considering how complex it already is.