Entry of states confined to Russia in NATO and the European Union, only stronger the anti-Russian sentiments. About this at a press conference on the results of negotiations with the US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken told the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, broadcast is available on Youtube Channel Tass.
According to the diplomat, the desire of the EU to ensure the autonomy and the development of a “strategic compass” occurs under the “strong influence of Russophobes”. “We were assured, as they enter the NATO and the European Union, they immediately calm down. They did not calm down, they only got cold,” the minister noted.
at a press conference of Lavrov also said that the experience of communicating with Western colleagues on European security issues is fulfilled by examples of unfulfilled promises.
Earlier in Geneva, the negotiations of the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinkken, were completed. The dialogue ended earlier than the planned time and lasted only one and a half hours. Even before the event, both diplomats said they did not expect any big breakthroughs in the current relations of Russia and the United States.