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St. Lucia Establishes Diplomatic Relations with the Russian Federation

Contact: George Jude

H.E. Mr. Anthony B. Severin - Left and Mr. Gennady Galilov - Right, signing the declaration

Monday, April 19, 2004 - The Government of Saint Lucia and the Russian Federation have today, formally established diplomatic relations between the two countries.

At a brief ceremony in New York this morning, a Joint Declaration on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between St. Lucia and the Russian Federation was signed by the respective Heads of Missions of the two countries, H.E. Mr. Anthony B. Severin, Permanent Representative of Saint to the United Nations, and Mr. Gennady Galilov, Charge d’Affairs in the Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the United Nations.

H.E. Mr.  Anthony B. Severin and Mr. Gennady Galilov shake hands after signing a Joint Declaration confirming the establishing of diplomatic relations between the two countries

The Joint Declaration confirms the agreement of the two countries “to establish diplomatic relations and designate ambassadors” with the intention of “developing and strengthening relations between the two countries …on the basis of mutual respect for independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity, principles of non-interference, non-use of force or threat of force, peaceful settlement of disputes, and other universally recognized principles and norms of international law that are enshrined in particular, in the Charter of the United Nations”.
 

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