This Wednesday, March 2, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov reacted to the statements of US President Joe Biden. He is once again waving the threat of nuclear war.
Russia’s foreign minister has warned that a “third world war” if it happens will be a “devastating nuclear war”, according to a Russian news agency.
The tone continues to rise, and the diplomatic crisis that accompanies the war in Ukraine does not seem to subside. In fact, while Joe Biden, the president of the United States, called Vladimir Putin a “dictator” and pointed out that it is “more isolated than ever”during a speech, the response of the foreign minister was not long in coming.
“There is no other alternative to sanctions”
Faced with the threat of new sanctions on Moscow, Sergei Lavrov told Al Jazeera that the US president “has experience and knows that there is no alternative to sanctions other than world war”Le Parisien and TF1 are also mentioned.
For Moscow, Ukraine’s nuclear weapons would be a reason to start a war. Reuters reports in particular that Lavrov said that Russia faces a “real danger” if Kyiv acquires nuclear weapons after its so-called special military operation against Ukraine last week..
Diplomats leave the room in Geneva
This is powerful.
Diplomats from around the world stand up and leave as Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov begins his speech at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.pic.twitter.com/z2GNQEGdqF
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Russia’s foreign minister also addressed the UN Council on Wednesday (February 2nd). A speech that was symbolically welcomed by the departure of many diplomats from around the world present in Geneva, who simply left the room when the Disarmament Conference broadcast the speech of the head of Russian diplomacy.