Russian Foreign Minister answers question about possibility of war
(Baonghean.vn) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, when speaking about the possibility of war, said that if Russia depends on it, war will not happen, but Moscow will not allow its security interests to be ignored.
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| Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. Photo: AP |
"If it were up to the Russian Federation, there would be no war. We do not want war, but we also do not allow brutal attacks on our interests, ignoring our interests," Foreign Minister Lavrov said in response to a question about whether there would be a war amid Moscow's security guarantees and the West's response.
In late 2021, Russia published a draft treaty with the United States and an agreement with NATO on security guarantees. In particular, Moscow demanded legal guarantees from its Western partners that it would not expand NATO eastward, refuse Ukraine’s accession to the bloc, and not establish military bases in post-Soviet countries. The proposals also included provisions for not deploying NATO offensive weapons near Russia’s borders and withdrawing alliance forces in Eastern Europe to 1997 levels.