Lavrov’s reaction to Estonia’s intention to bring Russia to its knees

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency quoting “Tass” news agency, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, in a conversation with a Russian reporter in Tashkent, reacted to the words of Estonian President Alar Karis about the need to bring Russia to its knees.

Karis has previously claimed that Estonia will do everything possible to bring Russia to its knees, pointing out that “the most important issue now is to stop the Russian war machine”. 

Lavrov emphasized: As Maria Zakharova [spokesperson of the Russian Foreign Ministry] has already said about this; It will be interesting to see how they do it. And I don’t think anything needs to be added.

Previously, Madis Roel, advisor to the President of Estonia on national security issues, also announced that the country The possibility of sending troops to the western regions of Ukraine to provide logistical support to the Ukrainian army is now being investigated. Lavrov: Stoltenberg’s words about the attack on Russia are beyond his authority. Goes beyond

The Russian Foreign Minister also, in response to a question about his point of view on the request of Jens Stoltenberg, the Secretary General of NATO, to lift the limit on the use of the provided weapons by the West for Ukraine’s attack on targets on Russian soil, noted that the Secretary General has no right to speak on behalf of all coalition members on an issue that they have not jointly discussed. 

Sergei Lavrov emphasized: I doubt that the Secretary General can assume such a responsibility and speak on behalf of all members, while this issue has not been raised in NATO. . Therefore, Stoltenberg exceeded his authority with such statements. 

He recalled that Stoltenberg’s words had already been condemned by the leaders of some member states, including Italian Prime Minister George Meloni, and he advised that the Secretary General be cautious. and be responsible.

Lavrov: The Taliban holds the real power in Afghanistan

The head of the Russian diplomatic service also expressed his opinion that the initiative to remove the Taliban movement (this organization is under UN sanctions due to terrorist activities) from the list of terrorist organizations reflects the objective reality in Afghanistan, because They hold the real power in this country. 

Sergei Lavrov explained: They are the real power in Afghanistan, we never removed our embassy from Kabul, just as the embassy of the People’s Republic of China continued to operate. Is. In addition, the new ambassador of Afghanistan in Beijing recently presented his credentials to Xi Jinping along with other ambassadors.

He reminded that the process of removing the Taliban from the list of organizations Terrorist means knowing the reality of what happened in Afghanistan.

It should be remembered that on Monday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia together with the Ministry of Justice of this country offered Vladimir Putin announced that the Taliban can now be removed from the list of organizations whose activities are prohibited in Russia. Kurd said that this stance has been discussed and agreed with other Russian ministries. This diplomat explained: It will be necessary to remove this movement from the list of banned organizations before recognizing their sovereignty over Afghanistan. Kabulov added: “Without this action, talk in The case of Taliban recognition will be premature, so it should be worked on. All considerations have been reported to the President of Russia and we are waiting for a decision.”

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