Russia does not want war with the US; hopes that Washington will grasp the signs from Moscow: Lavrov
From the Editorial
La Jornada Newspaper
Friday, December 6, 2024, p. 24
Russia does not want war or a direct confrontation with the United States and hopes that the signs that it sends after the attacks on its territory with American-made missiles, are taken seriously by Washington, declared the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, in an interview with the renowned American journalist Tucker Carslon.
Lavrov thus referred to the recent bombing of Ukraine with a hypersonic missile, and warned that Moscow is willing to use all media to defend himself.
United States and its allies They must understand that we will be ready to use all means to prevent them from succeeding in what they call the strategic defeat of Russia.Lavrov stated.
He emphasized that US threats about the possibility of an exchange of nuclear attacks are worrying and described such rhetoric as a dangerous game and invitation to catastrophe which Moscow does not want.
Tucker Carslon traveled to Moscow this week especially to speak with the head of Russian diplomacy and discuss with him the policy of the administration of the outgoing president of the United States, Joe Biden, which, according to the journalist, is taking the world increasingly into a nuclear conflictRussia Today reported.
Asked if Lavrov believes that Moscow and Washington are at war, the chancellor responded: I wouldn’t say thatand reiterated that “what is happening in Ukraine is called hybrid war […]. “The Ukrainians could not do what they are doing with modern long-range weapons without the direct participation of American military personnel.”
imperial project
Meanwhile, in Valletta, Malta, Lavrov yesterday had an indirect confrontation with the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, at an annual security meeting, after accusing the West of promoting an escalation in Ukraine, press agencies reported.
Blinken charged against Russia and called on the member countries of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe not to let each other cheat for him imperial project of the president of Russia, Vladimir Putin.
Lavrov left the meeting after giving his speech and did not listen to Blinken, who criticized him for not having the courtesy to listen to those of us who have listened to himin addition to accusing him of bury listeners in a tsunami of misinformation.