Sergey Lavrov’s Answers to Media - Antalya Diplomacy Forum - March 10, 2022 - English Subtitles

Press Conference with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at Antalya Diplomacy Forum, March 10, 2022

Topics covered include the ongoing conflict in Ukraine; the potential fallout of Russian sanctions; Russia's justification of the war; the bombing of the maternity hospital in Mariupol; the threat of biological and chemical weapons and research; the state of the Russian economy; and prospects for a ceasefire diplomatic settlement

10 March 2022

Full coverage in Russian with English subtitles.

48:19 - "In that maternity hospital, as we said on March 7, 2022, at the UN Security Council, there were no women, children or medical personnel. It has long been taken over by the Azov battalion and other radicals, who have established a firing point there, just as they are doing all over Ukraine, turning people into human shields and deploying strike weapons in residential buildings to attack the positions of the Russian forces and the Donetsk and Lugansk militias."

Press interviews:

00:00 - Opening Address by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov

04:35 - Anadolu News Agency - Question about the Current Status of the War

09:56 - CNBC News - How do you Justify the War? (Hospital bombing and Economic Fallout)

18:10 - Prvi Kanal - Prospects of a Diplomatic Settlement with Ukraine

21:27 - TV Ukraina - Status of Crimean Tatars and Kidnapping of Officials

24:43 - AGI News (Italy) - Question on Biological Weapons

26:21 - Question on US-led Sanctions and Possible Russian Reciprocity

28:20 - British Sky News - Why Should the World Believe Russia?

33:52 - CCTV - Question on Ceasefire Possibilties

36:45 - A News - US ban on Imports of Russian Oil and Gas

40:21 - Wall Street Journal - Does Russia have any red lines regarding Countries that send Military Assistance to Ukraine?

42:49 - Gazeta Kommersant - Do you believe a Nuclear War could Start?

45:04 - Kazakh journalist - Kazakhstan as a Place for Peace Talks?

47:11 - BBC News - Is Russia really serious about seeking a negotiated solution to this crisis? If so, what did you bring to the table today, what progress, if any, did you make? How can you talk of diplomacy, ceasefires and negotiations, when maternity hospitals are being struck, when so many civilians are dying?

Full transcript can be found here (blocked in EU, use VPN set to Asia) - https://www.mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/1803752/

Russian Foreign Ministry website (blocked in EU, use VPN set to Asia) - https://www.mid.ru/en/

Source: Michael Rossi Poli Sci https://youtu.be/bP8cnSY9kPk