It is “a surprise to see that Italy is becoming one of the leaders of the anti-Russian front”. This is what Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said when commenting on Rome’s position on the conflict Ukraine, which has now lasted almost eleven months. “I like the Italians,” the minister continued in an interview with the press. “They are very similar to the Russians and the Russians like the Italian way of life. I can’t see them as people who build walls and barriers.” For this reason, Lavrov considers “the confrontational attitude” that Italy has taken towards Russia as “an impertinence that comes from Europe”. In response to a question from Ansa, the minister also referred to the former prime minister and chairman of come on italy Silvio Berlusconi: «He made a contribution to try to build relationships between them Russia was born. In particular, the then Italian Prime Minister initiated the Pratica di Mare summit in 2002». In dialogue with the press, Lavrov did not fail to attack again United Stateswho, according to the minister, “have not announced partial mobilization like Russia, but a total mobilizationwest striving for world domination. «The first target is Russia, and then it will come China, this is not a joke,” added Lavrov, according to whom relations between Washington and Moscow “will never be the same again.” As for the future negotiations To end the war, Lavrov relaunched the ball in the opposite court: “Everyone is pushing for talks, but then the US President’s Assistant to National Security will say somewhere at a press conference, as he does so often from time to time : “The time is not right for negotiations, we must help Ukraine to improve its positions on the battlefield”». As reported by the Russian news agency TASS, for Lavrov Fly however, cannot think about when to start talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. “We will not listen to your bizarre peace initiatives to resolve the conflict.”
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