Serguéi Lavrov, Russian Foreign Minister, questioned two of the main allies that Ukraine has in the war.
Serguéi Lavrov, Foreign Minister of Russia. Photo: Reuters.
Russia crossed the United Kingdom and the European Union (EU) and assured that They seek “hysterically” to demand from the United States to join their sanctionswithin the framework of the Kremlin refusal to high the fire presented by Ukraine.
“And the Macron, Starmer, von der Leyen and other leaders in Europe, who now hysterically require the US to join the anti -Russian actions and increase the number of sanctions, have remained in total evidence,” he said SERGUÉI LAVROVRussian Foreign Minister during His speech at the Russian-Armenia University of Ereván.
Russian Foreign Minister Serguéi Lavrov. Photo: Reuters.
In addition, he reminded them that Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump have already agreed to work “in specific steps for a lasting and solid arrangement”in Ukraine.
“What did the EU? Announced the approval of the 17th package (of sanctions). That means that they wanted an escalation of the crisis. They said: ‘Yes, we have heard and have not seen any support for the truce without previous conditions, which would allow Europeans to rearm Ukraine.’ That is what they are looking for,” Lavrov said in their speech.
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According to Lavrov, during April 2022 An agreement would have been reached in Türkiyealthough “the West was forbidden to sign” to Ukraine. “That’s why, now they tell us: ‘Let’s go with a truce and then we’ll see‘. No, guys. We are going through that and we don’t want more, “he said.
For its part, Marco Rubio, US Secretary of State, denied the possibility that there are new sanctions for RussiaIn addition, he considered that new pressures at this time could discourage peace talks between Russia and Ukraine.
Rubio affirmed before a Senate committee that Trump “believes that, if he begins to threaten sanctions, the Russians will stop dialogue”, and that “it is valuable” to dialogue with them and “convince them to feel to the negotiating table.”
Donald Trump Y Vladimir Putin. Foto: EFE/MAXIM Shipenkov.
However, the head of American diplomacy warned that They could determine the application of new sanctions on Russia if they do not see interest on their part in reaching a peace agreement Durable with kyiv and insisted that “not a single sanction has risen.”
The day after Putin and Trump talk about a road map for the arrangement in Ukraine, the European Union Council (EU) approved the seventeenth package of sanctions against Russia, which aims at ships that clandestinely help avoid restrictions against Russian oil.
The EU also sanctioned more than 45 Russian companies and individuals that supply the Russian army drones, weapons, ammunition, military material, critical components and logistical support.
