Top Russian diplomat Lavrov said U.S. officials think 'only they can conduct exercises around the world,' as he defended joint Russia-China-South Africa drills.
China and Russia have set out to bring their growing defense ties to Africa, in which both powers have increasingly invested their economic, political and military capital.
The top Russian diplomat said that Moscow was"in favor of each country having its own rights in the international system, as stipulated by the U.N. Charter," and"it is on such grounds—not dictate, but equality, not the imposition of decisions, but consensus, the search for a balance of interests—that we develop our cooperation, including within the BRICS framework."
She referred to earlier comments in which she asserted that"Africans need to resist" the"impulse of wanting to direct the double standard for of international conduct toward us, that, 'What I do, it's okay for me, but you cannot do it because you are a developing country,' or, 'You are Africa.'" The Biden administration has launched a new effort to revitalize ties with Africa, especially through last month's U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit. U.S. officials used the opportunity to not only pledge greater assistance and investment in Africa, but also to warn the leaders not only against expanding economic ties with China, but also about maintaining trade with Russia amid Western sanctions over the Ukraine conflict.
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