Lavrov: American and European democracies are more like dictatorships

According to Fars News Agency’s International Service, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov spoke to four Serbian media outlets, including the country’s radio and television, about various issues, including anti-Russian actions by the West.

Russia is not isolated

When asked about Russia’s “isolation” following Western sanctions, he stressed that such isolation does not exist and that his country has a large number of partners in the Asia-Pacific region, Africa and Latin America.

According to Lavrov, “Russia has good relations with the vast majority of organizations set up by developing countries, including the African Union and the Latin American and Caribbean Communities, as well as the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and many others.” “He pointed out another.”

Russia hopes for success in negotiations with Ukraine

The Russian Foreign Minister also referred to the ongoing talks between Moscow and Kiev and said that Russia hopes that these talks will be successful.

He said: “We are interested in the end of these negotiations with a result that will achieve our basic goals.” First of all, the end of the eight-year-old massacre of civilians in the Donbass region, during which the entire progressive Western community remained silent, never even commenting critically, although all on the bombing of civilian infrastructure, hospitals, kindergartens, clinics and residential buildings. Watched in this area.

Lavrov also stated that Moscow is ready to consider various places for the continuation of talks between Russia and Ukraine, including Belgrade.

Putin and Zelensky meet?

Regarding a possible meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky, Lavrov said the meeting should take place when the two sides come closer to agreeing on key issues.

“During the current negotiations with Ukraine, Moscow has an obligation to ensure that the people of Donbass will never again suffer from the Kiev regime, and that Ukraine will stop its ongoing militarization in an attempt to threaten Russia,” he added.

Russia-China relations are at the strongest level

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday that Russia’s relations with China were at an all-time high as Western nations sought to isolate Moscow with unprecedented sanctions on Ukraine.

Beijing has repeatedly stated its opposition to sanctions, and has insisted that it maintain normal economic and trade relations with Russia.

Western democracies are more of a dictatorship

Sergei Lavrov also sharply criticized the European Union and “Western values”, saying that the US-EU democracies were in fact clearly authoritarian, indicating that the word dictatorship was more appropriate to them.

“We must respect each other instead of imposing our own artificial values,” he said, referring to the West imposing neoliberalism. They are now trying to suppress civilizations that have been growing for thousands of years.

Russia’s foreign minister further questioned “Europe’s inability to play a mediating role” and cited unfulfilled promises made in connection with the 2013 agreement to establish Serb municipalities in Kosovo.

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