Russia has no intention of attacking EU or Nato states, foreign minister says
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that his country has no intention of attacking EU or NATO member states, but warned any “aggressive response” to any “aggression” against Moscow.
In a comprehensive speech at the UN General Assembly on Saturday, Lavrov said that threats against Russia against Western countries became “increasingly common”.
He also targeted Israel, and Russia condemned the attacks of Hamas on October 7, 2023, while the Palestinians in Gaza were not “justification” to plan to annexes the West Bank or the West Bank.
Israel said that the Gaza operation was necessary to defeat Hamas.
According to the Ministry of Health operated by Hamas, at least 65,926 people were killed by Israeli strikes, about 1,200 people were killed and 251 people were hostage in the 7 October attacks.
Israel rejected the aggression of other countries in the Middle East, threatened to “blow up the region”.
Israel used its mission to eliminate Hamas to justify air strikes in other Middle East countries. Including Qatar.
In Iran, Lavrov accused Western forces of sabotaging diplomacy Last minute offer to delay Russia and China’s re -control of sanctions Friday. Russian Foreign Minister said the movement was “illegal”.
The sanctions will enter into force at 00:00 on Sunday.
Speaking about the tensions in Europe, Lavrov said, “Power threats against Russia were accused of practically an attack on the North Atlantic Alliance [Nato] And the European Union is becoming increasingly widespread. President Putin repeatedly rejected such provocations.
“Russia had no such intentions and did not have such intentions, but any aggression against my country will be met with a decisive response.”
Moscow rejected the responsibility afterwards Danish said drones flew over the airports. Denmark himself said that events seemed to be the work of a “professional actor”, but there was no evidence of the participation of the Russians.
Meanwhile, Estonia accused Russia of violating the airspace With warplanes, a NATO Air Defense Mission has been performed recently on Poland As part of the allied drone’s response to the Polish airspace.
US President Donald Trump went so far enough to say that NATO Nations had to hit Russian planes in the airspace, and NATO warned that he would use “necessary military and non -military vehicles” to defend himself after the latest military attacks.
Trump also changed Russia’s position on Ukraine’s war with Ukraine, This week, Kiev’s “all Ukraine can recover in its original form” to say.
In his speech on Saturday, Lavrov addressed the US-Russian relationship and said: “In the current US administration’s approaches, we contribute not only to the desire to contribute to the ways to solve the Ukraine crisis in a realistic way, but also to develop pragmatic cooperation without adopting an ideological stance.”
In a criticism of the West, Lavrov questioned the recent timing. Recognition of a Palestinian state by some countries, including England and France – They said they had been waiting for a long time, because they hoped that “no one to recognize and nothing will remain.”
