Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov insisted on Wednesday that the war in Ukraine will continue as long as the West maintains “plans for domination” and what he calls an “obsession” with defeating Russia.
In an interview published by the Indonesian daily Kompas in Jakarta, Lavrov said the United States and its allies continue to send weapons to Ukraine to enable Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to continue fighting Russian forces.
The words of Lavrov, who was in Jakarta to participate in a regional meeting, came on the same day Zelensky is taking part in the second and final day of work at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit, in Vilnius.
In written responses to the Indonesian newspaper, Russia’s foreign minister claimed that Kyiv and Western countries have repeatedly ignored mediation efforts by developing countries such as Indonesia, whose president, Joko Widodo, traveled to Ukraine and Russia in 2022 to try for a ceasefire. to fire. .
The Russian minister is in Jakarta to take part in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) foreign ministers’ meeting, which runs through Friday and is also attended by China’s heads of diplomacy, Wang Yi, and of the United States. States, including Antony Blinken.
For his part, Zelensky will speak in Vilnius at the NATO summit to ask for increased military support and early accession to the Atlantic Alliance.
The war in Ukraine, which began with the Russian invasion of the country on February 24, 2022, has intensified and Ukrainian forces are currently in the middle of a counter-offensive.
Source: DN
