“This is a direct provocation” Foreign Ministry announced the risk of involvement of third countries in the conflict in Ukraine

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov spoke about the risks of involving third countries in the conflict in Ukraine. According to him, Western politicians “perfectly understand” the high probability of such a development of events.

“There are such risks, of course. What the Kyiv regime categorically demands from its Western patrons in a commercial way. “First, it goes beyond all borders of courtesy and diplomatic communication, and secondly, it’s a direct provocation to involve the West in hostilities,” he said at a press conference after his visit to Saudi Arabia.

According to him, there are Western leaders who are “ready to go to this madness to satisfy their greed”. “But serious countries in the European Union are, of course, well aware of the inadmissibility of such scenarios, and there seem to be signs of reasonable considerations. [относительно поставок вооружения Украине] We’ve heard from Washington recently,” stressed the diplomat.

Lavrov pointed out that the stance of the Russian Federation on this issue has been expressed many times through channels “existing between countries, between Russia and important Western states”. “They know him well,” he said.

“It’s easy to understand that NATO is doing just that”

The Russian minister also accused the North Atlantic Alliance of strengthening its own security at the expense of other countries, thereby violating OSCE commitments.

“We are not against the West regulating its own affairs within its own established institutions such as NATO and the European Union, but we are against the West destroying the West’s global commitments, including those made within the framework of global commitments. Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe,” Lavrov said.

With these obligations, the Foreign Minister states that no country has the right to claim dominance in the Euro-Atlantic region. “It’s easy to see that NATO is doing just that,” he said.

Lavrov urged the West to “not implement its ideas” by violating the already universal rules, especially the UN Charter, whose fundamental principle is “respect for the sovereign equality of states”.

“There will be no smoke if there is no fire”

He described EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell’s statements about the need for the European Union to “become a serious military power” as a “word game”. But there is no smoke without fire,” he said.

“There is indeed a very strong anti-Russian wing in the European Union that has imposed its position on everyone by speculating on the principle of solidarity and consensus for many years,” said the Russian minister. Moreover, this “wing” noted that there is currently “increased activity”.

According to the Russian diplomat, Borrell’s words reflect “a tendency imposed by an aggressive minority on the entire European Union”. At the same time, the “military European Union as an extension of NATO” becomes ideal for this minority.

On the eve, we recall, Borrell said that the situation in Ukraine proved to EU officials “the inadequacy of soft power”. “What we learned from the conflict in Ukraine is that it is not enough to do business, it is not enough to have the rule of law, it is not enough to be a strong civilian power, the EU also needs to be a serious military power. It brings together the needs of European armies and the possibilities of the European defense industry. Promising to present the European Defense Agency report, the minister continued as follows:

Sanctions, oil embargo and famine

Lavrov also expressed his confidence that the EU has begun to understand the consequences of its sanctions in the field of energy resources. “This will have an impact, as some European politicians have already said, who say that sanctions are not working, because “here we are reducing the purchase of energy resources from Russia and world energy prices are rising and as a result Russia is getting more revenue than last year.” Let them conclude, it seems they finally started counting and trying to understand what they were doing and what the consequences of these actions were,” he said.

EU leaders had previously agreed on a sixth package of anti-Russia sanctions, which included a partial ban on imports of Russian oil. At the same time, pipeline oil supplies from Russia to Hungary while allowing.

The head of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs emphasized that there are no problems with the supply of grain to the world markets by the Russian Federation. The main problem is the impossibility of free exit of ships from Ukrainian ports.

“For several weeks, Russian military sailors have been declaring humanitarian corridors for the free exit of ships locked in Ukrainian ports and unable to leave due to the threat of mines, and delivering the relevant goods and cargo to the ports of destination. “said.

In the West, they are “embarrassingly silent” that Russian grain ships are under sanctions, so they cannot be insured or docked in foreign European ports. “All logistics and financial chains connected with the supply of grain to world markets were under the sanctions of our Western colleagues,” the Minister summarized.