Lavrov: BRICS is one of the pillars of the multipolar world/the West does not want to resolve the conflict in Ukraine

According to the international group Tasnim news agency, quoted by “Tas” news agency, Sergey Lavrov, Today, Wednesday, in an interview with the Brazilian newspaper “Globo”, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia expressed his opinion that the international prestige of the BRICS group is steadily growing and this association has become one of the pillars of the multipolar world. .

He said: “Within the framework of the BRICS group, equal interaction is carried out between countries that represent different economic and political systems, religions and regions, and accordingly, its international prestige is continuously increasing. is an increase The addition of five new members from January 1 of this year is proof of this, and now BRICS is one of the pillars of the multipolar world.” Lavrov recalled that Russia will head the organization in 2024 and added that The priority of this country is to strengthen the potential and role of BRICS in global issues, and for this purpose, more than 200 events have been considered in the 2024 BRICS program. Lavrov: Kyiv and the West have a desire to resolve the conflict in Ukraine. They don’t have

In another part of this interview, the Russian Foreign Minister pointed to this fact: Kiev authorities and their Western supporters do not show the political will to resolve the conflict in Ukraine, so the Russian side has no choice but to continue the military special operations until reaching its set goals. At the same time, Sergey Lavrov recalled that the goals of the special operations are to demilitarize and de-Nazify Ukraine, as well as eliminate security threats caused by It is for Russia. Pointing out that for a stable and fair solution to the crisis in Ukraine, its root causes must be addressed, he emphasized that Western countries must stop delivering weapons to Kiev and Ukraine must stop conflicts and return to a non-aligned and non-aligned state. Nuclear weapons should return. In his opinion, considering the new territorial realities is also very important. The Russian Foreign Minister emphasized that Moscow is ready to resolve the conflict peacefully through dialogue, but Kyiv and the West are still focused on promoting the “peace formula” of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, which represents an ultimatum and Russia will not accept it, and other initiatives proposed by other countries are also rejected by the West and Kyiv authorities. /p>

European Union countries have imposed their enmity with Russia

Sergei Lavrov also believes that the European Union countries have imposed their enmity with Russia. In response to a question about the prospect of reviving relations in the future, he said: “EU countries have imposed enmity with Russia on themselves. It is up to them what to do with this choice. Considering the intention of Brussels to impose a “strategic defeat” on us, there is no need to talk about the prospect of restoring relations. put forward new principles of relations, Moscow will study them. However, Russia will only make a decision based on its national interests.

The foreign minister said about the election competition in the United States between Donald Trump, the former president of this country, and Joe Biden, R. The current president of this country also mentioned that Russia is considered an enemy and a threat by Washington officials, regardless of party affiliation, so it doesn’t matter who is in the White House.

Lavrov’s assessment of the current role of the Group of 20 in the world

The head of the Russian diplomatic service, in an interview with Globo newspaper, also explained his view on the current role of the Group of 20 and the tasks He counted this association in the year of the presidency of Brazil. According to him, it is important that the G20 countries commit not to use the economy as a weapon and avoid unfair competition.

Sergei Lavrov recalled that the G20 was originally created as an economic forum. Because in 2008, the United States faced a serious financial crisis. Then the world’s largest economies were able to offer effective solutions and at the same time it became clear that one cannot rely on only one center of economic power. The foreign relations of the Group of 20 evaluates positively the high-level part of the UN General Assembly and concluded that the focus on overcoming challenges in line with the goals of sustainable development is fully justified.

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