Lavrov: America and England violated the Security Council resolution on Yemen
| In a press conference, the Russian Foreign Minister spoke about the illegal and destructive actions of the United States and its allies in the Middle East region, the goals of the West in the South Caucasus, the important task of Russia in 2024, and the false and baseless claims of the President of Ukraine at the Davos Summit. |
According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency quoting “Tass” news agency, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov announced at a press conference about the results of this country’s diplomacy in 2023 this afternoon, Thursday, that the American efforts to justify the attacks on Yemen are regrettable.
Lavrov pointed out that Washington, together with its allies, “trampled” all the norms of international law with this action, emphasizing that no one is allowed to attack the territory He had not given Yemen to them. He said: “Without a doubt, the United States, along with Britain and some of its other allies, have violated all imaginable norms of international law, including the [UN] Security Council resolution that only called for the protection of commercial shipping in the region, and they was simply trampled on. No one gave permission to bomb Yemen.”
The Russian Foreign Minister, commenting on the actions of the United States and its allies in the Middle East, recalled the NATO attacks on Libya in 2011. and added that after these attacks they turned it into a “black hole” whose situation is still not resolved. He continued: “The same chaos is now observed in relation to Yemen. This is quite clear to everyone. And the exculpatory statements heard from Washington, in my opinion, look very pathetic.” >
Sergei Lavrov, in response to another question, reminded that “good advice” from Western friends always existed and still exists regarding South Caucasus issues, and unfortunately, sometimes this advice is given by One of the participants is accepted in this process. According to him, their goal is only to solve their geopolitical problems and not to balance the interests of the parties to the conflict.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia announced that in 2024, this country has the task of freeing itself from any dependence on the West in the economy and the supply chain of its needs. considered. “Our goals are clear – getting rid of any need to depend on production and sales, financial, banking, logistics chains that are in any way controlled or heavily influenced by our Western partners,” Lavrov said at the press conference.
He also mentioned countries such as Iran, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar in the circle of countries close to Russia and noted the fact that the relations between Russia and China is experiencing its best period in its centuries-long history.
Russia-China relations are stronger than military alliance
In his press conference on the results of 2023, the head of the Russian diplomatic service noted that relations between Moscow and Beijing are much stronger and more reliable than an alliance in the previous understanding of the Cold War era. It is military. “Russia-China relations, as the leaders of the two countries have repeatedly emphasized, are experiencing the best period in their entire history,” said Sergey Lavrov. In fact, this reflects the real state of affairs and there is no area where our relations with the People’s Republic of China have not experienced a rapid increase in cooperation. He added that the achieved volume of trade between Russia and China has significantly exceeded the 200 billion dollar mark that was the initial goal: “A number of events have already been planned and agreed for this year, which will be an opportunity to talk in will continue the highest levels in all fields”. p style=”text-align:justify”>The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia, in response to Volodymyr Zelensky’s refusal to hold presidential elections in Ukraine, expressed his opinion that the discussions surrounding the elections in Ukraine were in line with the interests of the West and that his decision was like his other actions. , reflects Zelensky’s desire to cling to power as much as possible.
Sergey Lavrov pointed out that Russia is not too worried about the political life process in Ukraine, recalling that the authorities Kiev “are increasingly out of control, and for this reason the collective West is looking to send signals that “both continue to support Kiev and make them more compliant and compliant”.
He added: “We have heard that Western partners also strongly recommend that Zelensky hold such elections, apparently hoping that Zelensky’s election campaign and voting will align with the interests of the West.”
The foreign minister also pointed out that Kiev was previously prohibited from signing a peace agreement with Russia “by order of Johnson and other Anglo-Saxons”, and emphasized that Moscow is not against agreements between other countries and Ukraine. However, “the goals set for special military operations will be achieved” and there is no such option that Russia somehow “failed” in Ukraine and abandons its goals.
Lavrov noted that the military conflict in Ukraine has united Russian society to an unprecedented degree and gathered them around President Vladimir Putin.
Zelensky lied to the world from the podium of Davos
The head of the Russian diplomatic service also announced that the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, on the sidelines of the forum The World Economic Forum 2024 in Davos has openly lied to the world community about the events surrounding this country after 2014.
He explained: “At the Davos summit, Zelensky told He talked about the Minsk agreements in detail and not in a clear way. He accused Russia and Putin personally and said that Russia stole 13 years of peace from the world and directly stated that everything after 2014 was started by the Moscow regime and as they say there was no coup and the “annexation of Crimea” took place immediately. gave – thereby making all the events appear to be completely overturned.” , noted that even former German Chancellor Angela Merkel and former French leader Francois Hollande admitted that these agreements were signed to “buy time and prepare Ukraine for war.” He added: Therefore, Zelensky is simply lying to the international community from the podium of the World Economic Forum in Davos.
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