During his visit to the 201st Russian military base in Dushanbe, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Europe has chosen the path of war with Russia, and if so, Moscow must achieve its goals. Press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
He pointed out that the concept of Russian foreign policy was expressed as “Europe chose the path of war with us”.
“Of course we don’t care to live side by side with them, but if this is a war, then we must achieve our goals,” said the minister.
According to him, the Russian Federation has much more noble goals than the Europeans.
As the diplomat noted, Europe wants “someone else’s”, and the Russian Federation – “his own”.
“We never wanted anyone else’s. “Everyone who has joined our country since the time of the Russian Empire has done this voluntarily,” he said.
On January 24, German Foreign Minister Annalena Burbock delivered a speech at the PACE. statedGermany and other European countries declare war on Russia. Then, the representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maria Zakharova, said that, judging by Burbock’s statements, the Western countries were planning a “war against Russia” in advance. She also noted that Europe does not seem to realize that the US is dragging itself into a major war for its own interests.