Lavrov: Europe has been seriously damaged in the Ukraine crisis

according to the international group Tasnim news agency, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, in a conversation With “Izostia” media network, he called Europe one of the most affected parties involved in the conflict in Ukraine.

He explained: Europe is probably one of the main affected parties in this conflict. If you look at the economic statistics of the European Union and the United States in the last year, you will immediately notice who lives at the expense of whom and who benefits from the policy imposed on Europe from Washington. And now the United States is moving to the background of this crisis and has put the European Union in the forefront.

Lavrov supported the EU countries’ claims about the Russian offensive plan with their willingness. He linked it to forcing the people of his countries and MEPs to “come to terms with the fact that the European Union and the European Commission really want to continue pumping weapons into Ukraine.” Accused of lack of logic in accusations against Russia

According to the Russian Foreign Minister, the West, before and after the start of the military conflict in Ukraine and now, makes contradictory accusations about Russia’s aggressive plans. “At first, the West announced: let’s immediately accept Ukraine into NATO, because Russia will never attack a member of this bloc,” he explained. After a while, they changed their tune and said: Russia should not be allowed to win in Ukraine, because once it wins, it will immediately attack NATO countries. There is no logic at all in their words.” At the same time, he confirmed Russia’s commitment and readiness to negotiate for a peaceful settlement of the situation in Ukraine, but stressed that it should be a serious dialogue based on Be aware of the reality and consider Russia’s fundamental and legitimate interests in the field of security.

Laurov spoke about the positive points of China’s proposed peace plan for Ukraine

According to Lavrov, China’s proposed plan for the peaceful resolution of the conflict in Ukraine is contrary to ” “Peace formula” of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was based on the analysis of the causes of the events. Pointing out that Moscow gave a positive response to the Chinese side’s 12-point plan to resolve this situation, he explained: Unlike the “Zelensky Formula”, which is completely insane from the point of view of the diplomatic perspective, the Chinese plan was based on the analysis of the causes of what happened in Ukraine. and had considered the need to eliminate these root causes.

The Russian Foreign Minister noted that the document proposed by China “was formed based on the logic of “from general to specific”. According to him, the text of Nazmi spoke about security in Europe and in the world, and cited the lack of compliance with the UN Charter as the reason for this disorder, in addition to the Chinese document, unilateral sanctions that the West has been actively using since long before the Ukraine crisis. also called it a provocative factor that must be eliminated. He emphasized that based on such reasoning, it is necessary to agree on equal security guarantees for all participants in the process, while Zelensky to start He gave an ultimatum to the negotiations and imposed his “peace formula” on others along with his masters.

Sergei Lavrov emphasized that sitting at the negotiating table is only based on “a serious analysis of the problems in the security field.” It is possible based on the acceptance of field realities and guaranteeing the legitimate security interests of Russia. In the end, he said: In response, we will be ready to guarantee the legitimate interests of other participants in this process. Double standards of international organizations in relation to Palestine.

In this conversation, Russian Foreign Minister Moore pointed to the double standards of the United Nations and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe regarding the mass killing of the Palestinian people, which has lasted for about six months, and reminded that “the establishment of the State of Palestine, in accordance with With the resolution of the Security Council on the borders of 1967 and the capital of East Jerusalem and the return of the Palestinian refugees, it is the only sure way to end the bloodshed”. Bode explained: “Instead of working within the framework of the quadrilateral mediation group of Russia, the United States of America, the European Union, the United Nations, they tried to monopolize the peace process, then all the principles that this process should be based on.” Lavrov added that the United States now understands that Israel’s response to the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023, which the Russian side strongly condemned, was “totally disproportionate” and It is a collective punishment of the Palestinian people, which is forbidden by international law. He said: “The deliberate bombing of civilian targets, the indiscriminate use of air weapons, 35 thousand [Palestinians] have actually been killed so far.” More than half of them are women and children, currently around 80,000 people have been injured. Let me remind you that this is the result of five months, and this number is now more than all civilian casualties on both sides in the conflict in Ukraine since 2014. Lavrov continued: When Russian diplomats present these figures to their colleagues They mention in the United Nations and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, they do not receive a proper response. They are looking at the situation from afar, there is amazing duplicity and double standards, when the most important thing right now is to stop the bleeding.

Lavrov’s view on Macron’s proposal to send NATO troops to Ukraine

The head of the Russian diplomatic service, in response to another question, expressed his opinion that French President Emmanuel Macron’s statements regarding the possibility of sending troops from NATO countries to Ukraine to confront Russia Hardly agreed by the other members of the coalition, and because of this he was later forced to withdraw. According to him, in response, NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg and a number of alliance member leaders carefully reminded him that decisions are made collectively in NATO.

Sergei Lavrov clearly warned that It is not Macron’s job to talk about Russia’s inability to negotiate. This diplomat recalled that France was one of the guarantor countries that signed the Minsk agreements, after which the former president Francois Hollande admitted that Paris did not adhere to the agreements made and considered it necessary to have time to strengthen the armed forces of Ukraine. The same admissions were made by Angela Merkel, the former chancellor of Germany, and Petro Poroshenko, the former president of Ukraine, also did. In response to another question, Russia recalled that last fall, the United States delivered to Russia an informal document containing a request to return to the dialogue on strategic stability, but Moscow replied that when our country is declared an enemy that must be defeated. It is impossible to talk about it strategically.

Lavrov added: “We explained in detail under what conditions we would be ready to resume talks on strategic stability – under conditions where mutual respect, It ensures equality and moving towards finding a balance of interests. But for the Americans, everything is different.

Furthermore, he emphasized that it is ridiculous to start a strategic dialogue in a situation where war has really been declared against Russia and Ukraine is attacking civilian facilities and Russian cities with American weapons.

There is practically no field left for cooperation between Russia and the West

The head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said: There is practically no field left in the relations between Russia and the West. in which working contacts and cooperation are maintained, including the fight against terrorism. The Americans emphasize in every possible way that they warned on March 7 [about the possibility of a terrorist attack in Moscow]. Following them, by the way, on March 8, the British Embassy also issued the same warning. Both cases were related to a text in English; They gave these warnings to their citizens in Moscow and advised them not to participate in mass events. According to Lavrov, regarding the calls through the intelligence services, as confirmed by the Russian authorities. A warning was received, but it was too general in nature to draw any specific conclusions.

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