Lavrov: Russia will seriously consider rejecting the West’s offer to withdraw relations
Russia will seriously consider whether it will need to renew relations with the countries of the West or not, if such an offer is made. This was stated by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
“It depends on the infection of Western countries. When they have experienced their “frenzy” and decide that there is Russia, it has not gone away and is convinced that it is becoming stronger every year. If they want to offer something in terms of relations, then we will seriously think about whether we need it or not … If Western countries come to their senses and offer some form of cooperation, then we will decide,” Mr. Lavrov said. in the framework of the project of the gymnasium. EAT. Primakov “100 questions to the leader”, answering the question of whether Western countries will establish a register of personal relations and when it can be appropriated (the words of the minister when following the website Russian Foreign Ministry).
The Minister stressed that at present the Russian Federation is creating not just a process of import substitution. According to the statement, which the Russian Federation is currently following somehow conditionally, its assumptions are “anything from the West to solve the problem of security, economy and social sphere of our Motherland.”
Mr. Lavrov added that Russia intends to look in the future only for itself and for those countries that have proven their reliability and that “do not dance to someone else’s tune.”
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