Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, warned this monday “royal risk” that the conflict in Ukraine was a trigger Third World war.
“The danger is serious, real. cannot be underestimatedLavrov told Russian television during an intervention convened by the Interfax news agency.
Lavrov compared the current situation with the current situation. missile crisis 1962, but the head of Russian diplomacy recalled that “at that time there were rules, written rules.”
” behavioral standards they were very clear. was open in Moscow how was he acting Washington Washington was clear about how Moscow behaved, (but) there are very few rules left now,” he said.
Thus, in 1962 “there was a communication channel. leaders trusted“There is no such channel anymore, and no one is trying to create it. There were timid attempts made in the first place, but they did not yield any results,” he said.
Thus, he mentioned START deal“but at the same time other means of control and containment were effectively destroyed”.
Lavrov accused the United States of “sending”. many weapons “Despite our warnings” to UkraineProvoked the Russophobic essence“.
When asked why Moscow did this to avoid World War III, Lavrov replied, “Russia already done a lot in many ways over the years.
“During the (Donald) Trump administration, we argued at the highest level that Moscow and Washington had reaffirmed the United States’ declaration of agreement. (Mikhail) Gorbachev and (Ronald) Reagan He said in 1987 that a nuclear war cannot and should never be a winner. “We ask the Trump team to return to this very important statement, which is important for our peoples but also for the whole world,” Lavrov said.
“Unfortunately we could not persuade our colleagues that this initiative is necessary and, in June last year, Geneva meeting Our presidents made this statement,” he said.
Lavrov also reminded that the five permanent members of the UN Security Council made a similar statement. “And this is our principled stance“, riveted.
Source: Informacion
