The Russian Foreign Minister said that through announcing the deployment of troops to Ukraine, French President E. Macron is trying to "please" Washington and provoke allies.
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| Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. (Source: TASS) |
In an interview in the documentary "Belgrade" dedicated to the 25th anniversary of NATO's bombing of Yugoslavia (March 24, 3-March 1999, 24), Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov said that the leaders The current European leadership does not consider national interests as the top priority but ties this interest to the "need for Western unity".
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that by announcing that he could deploy troops to Ukraine, French President Emmanuel Macron was trying to "please" US leaders, as well as provoke NATO allies, and affirmed that The French leader's actions are not related to Europe's plan to create "strategic autonomy".
Foreign Minister Lavrov declared: “Europe has completely 'fallen' into the trap of US domination. There is no independence. All of (President) Macron's talk in recent years, and he periodically 'revives' conversations in the media about creating a kind of 'strategic autonomy' – all of this turned out to be a ‘failure.’”
Foreign Minister Lavrov also called the European Union (EU) a "controversial organization" where "personal plans, aspirations and narrow political agendas take priority over the national interests of the people." and member countries”.
