“The United States, which I would not characterize as bad or cruel (that country is what it is, obsessed with the certainty about its exclusiveness and there is no way of reforming it), is sending its emissaries all over the world and persuading everybody to be against us,” Lavrov said.
“That is true. But they have managed to persuade practically no one, except for the EU and some of its closest allies outside NATO and the European Union.”
Lavrov said Russia by no means had the feeling it was all alone. “I cannot agree that everybody is against us, that everybody is trying to steer clear of us, that we have no partners with whom we can develop a constructive and decent agenda,” Lavrov said. “The geographic scope of international contacts in Russia and outside it is a confirmation of that. And not just the geographic scope, but the content of the agreements we conclude.”
In this context the Russian foreign minister recalled the numerous documents Russia had signed with the BRICS countries and Persian Gulf states. As an example he mentioned the recent visit Bahrain’s crown prince paid to Russia to conclude an agreement with the Direct Investment Fund.
“Western counterparts in the very same European Union wish to have contacts with us and they do have contacts, they keep visiting us, making phone calls and inviting us,” Lavrov said. “Some scheduled contacts have been postponed till later dates.”
“That’s an ostrich posture,” he believes. “Having declared in public about a forced postponement of this or that meeting or visit they at once ask us ‘not to get it all wrong’ and confirm their interest in further discussions and solutions of everything that had been originally planned, but later. For God’s sake! We aren’t touchy.
The United States is using the crisis in Ukraine to isolate Europe from Russia economically, Lavrov said..........................http://en.itar-tass.com/russia/749442
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Le ministre russe des Affaires étrangères Sergueï Lavrov est sûr que l'aliénation de l'Union européenne passera....
ReplyDeleteSelon Lavrov, ses collègues occidentaux, y compris de l'UE, téléphonent, arrivent et invitent les représentants russes chez eux.
Lavrov a noté que la Russie était intéressée par un partenariat stratégique avec l'UE qui se renforce et se développe. Le ministre russe a rappelé que l'idée de créer d'ici 2020 une zone de libre-échange entre l'UE, l'Union douanière de la Russie, de la Biélorussie et du Kazakhstan et l'espace économique eurasienne qui sera formée dans l’avenir était toujours actuelle.
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The West still does not want to recognize that a coup in Ukraine was organized with the support of the United States and the European Union, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said...
ReplyDelete"Speaking about our Western partners, everything has gone if not out of control, then at least by a very confrontational scenario. The reason is simple: they do not want to admit what is obvious to us - that the coup [in Ukraine] was organized with the direct support, if not encouragement, of the United States and Brussels," Lavrov said in an interview with the TVC channel.
"After these people, who had been actively supported, came to power and formed a new government, everything became possible for them," the Russian foreign minister said. "They are forgiven [everything] and are allowed [to do] whatever they wish. We hear nobody criticizing their unacceptable statements in regards to nationalism, Russia, minorities and neo-Nazi tendencies," Lavrov said...................http://en.ria.ru/world/20140913/192911691/Lavrov-West-Unwilling-to-Recognize-That-US-EU-Stand-Behind.html
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