If it’s up to Russia, there will be no war; Moscow does not want war, the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said during an interview with four major Russian radio stations.
However, Russia will not allow the West to grossly ignore its interests, Lavrov stressed.
On Security Guarantees Talks
He added that the talks on security guarantees with NATO and the US are not over.
“I can’t say that the negotiations are over, because now … well, the Americans and NATO, as you know, have been studying the extremely simple proposals concluded in the draft treaty with Washington and the agreement with the North Atlantic Alliance for more than a month. We received answers only the day before yesterday, which, in such a Western style, cast a shadow on negotiations in many ways, but there is some rationality, as I already said on secondary issues,” Lavrov said.
According to the foreign minister, Russia wants to “work honestly” when it comes to its proposals on security guarantees, but the West “hysterically” develops the topic of Russia’s alleged threat to Ukraine.
Lavrov stressed that if the US and NATO do not change their stance on Russia’s security proposals, Moscow will not change its stance too.
Russia will send an official request, asking how the West plans to fulfill its obligations regarding the indivisibility of security, the top Russian diplomat added.
“Today, as I actually warned, I am sending official requests to all my colleagues with a direct appeal to officially explain how they are going to fulfill, in the current historical conditions, the obligations that their countries have signed at the highest level,” Lavrov said.
