Western statements that the weapons supplied by Kyiv should not be used against the territory of Russia are a lie. This was stated by the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at a press conference following negotiations with the Minister of Foreign Affairs Burundi Albert Shingiro, TASS reports.
“The Western statement that the weapons supplied [Kyiv] should not be used against the territory of the Russian Federation is another lie,” he said.
According to Lavrov, Kyiv “has long passed to frankly terrorist methods” using Western weapons.
“Well, as for the threats that sound in relation to the Russians, we also told our friends today about how we regard this situation. Threats to kill Russians sounded from the lips of many official representatives of the Kiev regime, including the Secretary of the Security Council, including an adviser Head of the Administration of the [President of Ukraine Vladimir] Zelensky, including several ambassadors of Ukraine abroad. Now, as you know, one of the American senators opened on this subject, ”the minister said.
The Russian Foreign Minister also touched on the proposals of the African countries to resolve the Ukrainian crisis. According to him, these initiatives must be considered as part of the confrontation between the West and Russia.
“We understand that against this background those ideas expressed by the countries of the global majority, including African countries, that they would like to contribute to the search for some ways to overcome this situation, they speak out sincerely, based on From the aspirations somehow to help, ”said the head of the Russian diplomatic mission.
“We appreciate such an attitude, but it is necessary to consider all these ideas and initiatives in the context of the geopolitical confrontation that is started by the West against the Russian Federation, and at the same time against China, as it was recently in the documents of the Seven,” Lavrov said .