Lavrov attacked Ukrainedemanding that it “respect the rights of nations to self-determination, but the neo-Nazis who came to power in Ukraine did not represent either Crimea or Donbass.”
He said Lavrov that United Nations Charter It stipulates the need to respect human rights regardless of race, color, gender, language or religion, but what is happening in Ukraine is measures to prohibit and prevent the use of the Russian language in all areas of life by law.
He pointed out that recently, a law was adopted prohibiting Russian Orthodox Church In Ukraine.
He concluded in a reproachful tone: “Therefore, those who call for settling the conflict on the basis of the United Nations Charter should read this Charter more carefully.”
The American Contradiction
During his interview with Sky News Arabia, Lavrov considered the United States to be a “contradictory” country when it comes to Russia.
Lavrov gave an example in the case of the state of Kosovo: “When it was necessary to cut off Kosovo from Serbia, they (the Americans) declared its independence without holding any referendum, justifying it as an application of the people’s right to self-determination. But several years later, when the Nazis seized power in KyivThe Crimean people held a referendum and expressed in front of a large number of foreign observers their desire to join Russia. The Americans condemned this act and said that it violated the territorial integrity.
He added: “The talk is that the United States of America wants to prove to everyone that it is the dominant power and that no one can compete with it, so the United States says that it wants to inflict a strategic defeat on Russia on the battlefield.”
Lavrov criticized the continued supply of weapons to Ukraine by Western countries: “President Putin made it clear that initiatives to supply Ukraine with long-range missiles, American, French and British, and allow it to strike any target within the territory of the Russian Federation, would mean a direct NATO war against Russia.”
Lavrov likened the current war situation to World War II: “Now, as it was in the World War II“The entire coalition of 50 countries is fighting against us with the hands of the Ukrainian regime, which, like Hitler’s regime, is a pure Nazi. In such cases, one should not forget the Russian character. We see this character clearly on the front lines now. All attempts to destabilize our society always lead to the opposite result. Our society is now more united than ever before. We see no other possibility than to defeat the Nazis who once again dared to encroach on our history and our language.”
