At a board meeting of the Gorchakov Foundation for the Support of Public Diplomacy, he explained that the phrase “total war” used by Hitler’s Germany “is now used by many European politicians when talking about what they want to do with Russia.”
According to Lavrov, “Their goals are not hidden and are openly declared: to smash, break, destroy and strangle the Russian economy and Russia as a whole.”
He said that in such a situation it is obvious that values so promoted by the West and so much preached to Russia, such as freedom of expression, the market economy, the inviolability of private property or the presumption of innocence, are worth nothing.
The Russian Foreign Minister pointed out that despite all the efforts of these countries, it will not be possible to isolate the country.
“I will say more: we will not isolate ourselves, we have many friends, allies and partners in the world, plus a huge number of partnerships in which Russia cooperates and will continue to cooperate with countries on all continents,” he said he.
The head of Russia’s diplomacy reiterated his belief that the vast majority of countries around the world will not join the West’s “games,” citing the more than 6,300 punitive measures imposed on Russia, mostly since the start of the military operation in the Ukraine February 24.
He also expressed that these nations are interested in developing equal intergovernmental cooperation based on the key principles set out in the United Nations Charter. In the first place, the principle of sovereign equality of states,” he stressed.
The Russian foreign minister explained that despite the propaganda presented at the UN “juggling the number of votes in favor of provocative resolutions”, the vast majority of non-Western countries are opposed to participating “in a one-sided game”, although “they are under enormous Print”.
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