The Russian Foreign Minister criticises the US and European countries,

New Delhi: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov severely criticised the West for including the Ukraine conflict and trying to condemn Russia for it in the joint statement of the G20 summit. The US and NATO invaded Iraq, Libya, and Afghanistan. Did it ever reflect in G20? The Russian Foreign Minister questioned the double standards of the United States and European countries. At the same time, Foreign Minister Lavrov has praised India for taking a balanced and broad stance at the G20 conference. Conversely, the US and other European countries seemed to rebuke Russia. Even in such a situation, the ten-minute discussion held between the foreign ministers of Russia and the United States in the background of the G20 meeting became noteworthy.

Besides, some news agencies claim that this ten-minute discussion between US Foreign Minister Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov was due to India. But the Foreign Minister of India has not reacted to this. Moreover, India has been firm in this position that India will do its utmost to stop the Ukraine conflict. At the same time, India did not support the G20 joint statement to condemn Russia’s attack on Ukraine as demanded by the US, UK, France and Japan. This has had repercussions, and US Senator Warner has claimed that at some point, India will have to take a firm stance on the Ukraine conflict. Besides, Italian Prime Minister Meloni, who visits India, criticised Russia, claiming one cannot be neutral about the Ukraine conflict.

Moreover, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has criticised that not condemning Russia for its attack on Ukraine was equivalent to encouraging it to attack in the future. But while the US and its partner countries have been pressurising India, the Russian Foreign Minister explicitly presented his country’s position in the press conference and the Raisina Dialogue.

While attacking Iraq and Afghanistan, thousands of miles away from their borders, the United States and European countries had forwarded the reason that this was their existential struggle. The US and NATO were not questioned on how often they violated human rights in Iraq and Afghanistan. Because nobody felt the need to care about what was happening in this country then, Lavrov said.

But after Russia’s military action against the possible threat from its neighbouring country, these countries are raising the issue of human rights violations. If you can fight for your existence in countries thousands of miles away, why can Russia not act against a possible threat to its existence? Asking such a question, the Russian Foreign Minister slammed the US and European countries.

Why has Russia been repeatedly asked if it were ready to negotiate? Ukrainian President Zelensky said that discussing with Russia under the leadership of President Putin would be a crime; Lavrov questioned the media why no one was thinking about it.

Furthermore, Foreign Minister Lavrov said that the Prime Minister of India adopted a very balanced stance while addressing the G20 conference. Besides, the US and the West have been trying to bring only a part of the Ukraine conflict to the world and create a picture against Russia. But Lavrov praised that Prime Minister Modi has looked at the issue from a broader perspective. Simultaneously, Lavrov has once again highlighted the importance of these bilateral relations by saying that the relations between India and Russia have always been special.

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