Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has clashed indirectly with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken at an annual security meeting, accusing the West of risking escalation to the war over Ukraine but walked out before Blinken and other speakers could respond.
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Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha gestures as he arrives to attend a plenary session of the 31st Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Ministerial summit, in Ta'Qali, Malta, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, and Maltese Prime Minister Robert Abela arrive at the Auberge de Castille for bilateral talks, in Valletta, Malta, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024.
Speaking at the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe ministerial meeting in Malta, Lavrov accused the West of reviving the Cold War and provoking a direct conflict with Russia.He said the U.S. actions were driven by a desire to “return NATO to the political spotlight.” “After the Afghan disgrace, there was a need for a new common enemy,” Lavrov said during his first stop in an EU nation since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
“Mr. Lavrov spoke about the sovereign right of every member-state to make their own choices,'' Blinken said. ”That’s exactly what this is about: the sovereign right of Ukraine and the Ukrainian people to make their own choices about the future, not to have those choices made in and by Moscow."
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