"I came to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the South Asian Department, I was prepared for a month and then I went to Sri Lanka," the Russian minister said, answering a question at the "
Lavrov described his first day at the ministry as "just an ordinary day, my colleagues treated me well."
According to him, when a person is working at such an organization "there should be no kind of inordinate emotions, you have to just come and work."
The Russian minister praised his mother for helping him to develop his personality.
Before occupying the post of the foreign minister, Lavrov had been Russia's permanent envoy to the United Nations for 10 years since 1994. For more than ten years, Sergei Lavrov has been serving as the head of Russian diplomacy. He is known as a brilliant orator, as well as a person with a great sense of humor who can not only successfully discuss world issues with his foreign colleagues, but establish friendly personal relations.
World leaders, as well as Russian and Western political analysts, praise Lavrov for his contribution to the resolution of issues regarding Syrian chemical weapons and Iran’s nuclear program jointly with his US counterpart John Kerry.
In May, Lavrov received the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" marking the high contribution of the Russian Foreign Ministry to the implementation of Russia's foreign policy.