Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused the West on Monday of assuming a “dictator’s position” and assured that “whoever thinks Russia is going to lose does not know history.” Lavrov says that he is not sure that it will ever be necessary to resume ties with the West and says that he wants to foster ties with China.
“If they [o Ocidente] we want to propose something in terms of resuming relations, then we will seriously consider whether it is something we need or not.”
“They say that Russia must ‘fail’, they must ‘defeat Russia’, make Russia ‘lose on the battlefield,'” the minister said during the “100 Questions to the Leader” initiative cited by the RIA agency, criticizing the western politicians. because I don’t know anything about history.
“They draw wrong conclusions from the past and from what Russia is today,” he said, sounding “convinced” that the West will admit that it is wrong: “It will be forced to admit that it is impossible to constantly attack the vital interests of Russia and Russians.” .
Lavrov also added that the conflict in Ukraine has brought to light the “Russophobia” that exists in the West, according to the minister.
Source: Observadora
