For "transformations" of the leaderships of Cyprus and Greece, but also of Italy, which Russia has “recorded”, despite the fact that it had traditional relations of “close friendship” with these countries, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said, answering a question from KYPE what would he say to those who believe that Russia is behaving like other imperialist powers that violate international law and seek to occupy territories and change borders, a policy that affects countries such as Greece and Cyprus.
"I don't know what Greece and Cyprus are suffering from more. We have always been very close friends with the Greeks and the Cypriots and those transformations that took place with the leaderships of these countries, it is natural that we pointed them out, we recorded them”, said the Russian minister, insisting that for many years “forces were gathering”. by the USA and its "satellites", the NATO countries, "so that they can start the global hybrid war against us".
"I cannot imagine that people who hold positions of prime ministers, presidents of countries in Europe, much more countries that have long historical relations with the Russian Federation, that these people do not know the facts, or are not able to analyze them» , noted the Russian minister, characterizing the countries that signed the Minsk agreements on the settlement of the Ukrainian conflict as “paper thieves” who deceived Russia, while now their leaders at the time (the former president of France F. Hollande and the former chancellor of Germany A. Merkel) state that they did it "not to have a settlement, but to give time to Ukraine to equip itself". "Already, now it won't be like it was before&hellip? We have long already said that there will never again be a situation where you lie to us, sign documents and refuse to implement them,'' said the Russian foreign minister.
"Why’ this conclusion I draw from the position taken by the European countries, including Greece and Cyprus, indicates only one thing: that they were forced, or they themselves willingly agreed to submit to American imposition. All of Europe was lined up militarily by the US. “No one in Europe will be allowed to talk about any strategic autonomy,” noted S. Lavrov, who recalled that “when the US Secretary of Defense, Mr. Austin, a year ago, when the discussion began that there is a need to send more American troops to Europe, he was asked if they would be on a permanent basis, or if they would be rotated, then he replied, "we will decide in Washington".
“No one is going to ask Europe,” claimed the Russian foreign minister, who said Russia had drawn its conclusions “for itself.” and "of course we will draw conclusions about those who so quickly and slavishly supported aggression against the Russian Federation".
"Someday this war will end. In any case we will defend our truth. But how we shall live further, at present I cannot imagine. Everything will depend on what conclusions Europe will draw, S. Lavrov noted, insisting that the Russian goals of the military operation in Ukraine are “not invented, but determined by its fundamental legitimate security interests”, as according to Russian claims "there should be no military infrastructure on the territory of Ukraine, which is a direct threat to the Russian side… there should be no discrimination, persecution against our compatriots, who were destined to be citizens of the Ukrainian state, but wish to preserve the language, culture, traditions, to educate their children with these traditions.
