The United States, the European Union (EU) and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) are trying to impose their hegemony in the Balkans and in all regions of the world, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov condemned today.
“I am convinced that most countries in the world understand that this is a path that leads everyone to a dead end and from which we must find a way out,” the senior official told the media during an interview in Moscow. Serbs.
According to Lavrov, there are not so many countries on the European continent that can be considered sovereign and independent, only those that refuse to join the sanctions against other states in order to fulfill their own national interests and not those of other capitals .
He pointed out that “a multinational bureaucracy, self-replicating and based in Brussels” seeks to subjugate all nations, concentrating decisions at the EU headquarters and denying member states the ability to act independently.
The Foreign Minister pointed out that such a strategy “shows once again that the EU at its core has a certain tendency to strengthen autocracy in the person of Brussels towards all member countries”.
He pointed out that when Montenegro and North Macedonia joined the sanctions war against Russia, they were lured by promises of rapid rapprochement with the European bloc, which ultimately did not materialize.
“They have been dragged into NATO, they have been dragged into anti-Russian actions, they have been slapped on the back and told, well done, keep it up,” he said.
Referring to the region, the Russian foreign minister said that he observed that Washington has placed the Balkans under the aegis of the EU because it is “fully satisfied with this aggressive anti-Russian line it is pursuing.”
“There is no isolation from Russia”
Lavrov ruled out that the military operation in Ukraine led to Russia’s international isolation and assured that his country has good relations with many countries in different parts of the world.
“There is no isolation. Those who adhere spiritually and ideologically to the “inevitability” of the western dictatorship in the world arena.
Lavrov noted that more than 500 years from domination of the west have Come to an end be replaced by a new epoch of formation of a multipolar world order.
“We have a variety of partners in the Asia-Pacific region, in Asia in general, as well as in Africa and Latin America,” said the minister.
Lavrov said that Moscow has good relations with one a majority by organizations set up by emerging economies, including the African Union, the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, and others.
“We have the best relationships with China throughout history and we develop a special privileged connection with the IndiaLavrov stressed.
The sanctions never stopped
Referring to the unprecedented punitive measures imposed by the West on Russia, the minister recalled that “sanctions against Russia have never stopped.”
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“We lived through the Soviet era under Soviet sanctions CoCom -Coordinating Committee for Multilateral Export Controls- when the West blocked shipments of high-tech equipment to Russia. We have lived under the for many years Jackson-Vanik Amendmenthe remembered.
The head of Russian diplomacy said: «there will always be an excuse» to impose new sanctions, because the goal is not to solve a specific problem, but «to stop the development of Russia» from a strategic and geopolitical point of view.
“Caveman Russophobia”
“So we are aware of the ability of the West to look for a reason. The only thing that draws attention at this moment is an outbreak of caveman Russophobia without precedentswhich, I would say, has been awakened in almost all Western countries whose leaders are actively promoting it,” Lavrov said.
Referring to Russophobia, Lavrov stated that it is “impossible to arouse in a single day” the kind of feelings he “suspected” to have. carefully hidden«. “Of course we will draw the appropriate conclusions,” he emphasized.
peace negotiations
The minister stressed that Moscow is interested in the success of negotiations with Kyiv on peace in Ukraine.
“We must ensure that the residents of Donbass do not suffer again at the hands of the Kiev regime, ensure that Ukraine is no longer used by the West and militarily by NATO to threaten Russia […]to put an end to efforts to promote Nazi ideology and practices in Ukraine. Both the demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine are a mandatory part of the deals we seek,” Lavrov stressed.
The meeting between presidents Ukraine and Russia will be necessary as soon as there is clarity about these key points, he stressed.
“We have drawn attention to these issues for years, but the West has not listened to us. At least that’s how it is now,” he said.
Lavrov confirmed that negotiations between the Russian and Ukrainian delegations will continue these days Istanbul (Turkey) in face-to-face format after having held a series of conversations via video conference. (Agency Summary)