Speaking in turn, the ministers took Putin’s Russia to task, denouncing its aggression of Ukraine and the recent escalation, including the upcoming holding of annexation referendums in Ukrainian territories under Russian control.
Antony Blinken, who has refused any meeting with his Russian counterpart since the invasion, considered it essential that “no country can redraw the borders of another country by force“. In response, the Russian Foreign Minister rejected the Western accusations and denounced “impunity” from Kiev.
“There is an attempt today to impose a completely different narrative on us, speaking of Russian aggression as the cause of this tragedy.“, he pleaded, accusing Ukraine of “russophobia“and to be one”Nazi totalitarian state“. “kyiv owes its impunity to its Western partners“, said Mr. Lavrov once more, accusing “the United States and its allies, with the connivance of international human rights organizations, to cover up the crimes committed by the kyiv regime“.
