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Russia insists ‘we don’t want wars’ as it ponders Ukraine-NATO answer
By Callie Patteson[NYPost] Russian officials signaled at least a token interest in diplomacy to resolve the ongoing crisis with the West over Ukraine on Friday, insisting that Moscow doesn’t 'want wars.' "If it depends on Russia, then there will be no war," Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in a radio interview Friday, according to Reuters. "We don’t want wars. But we also won’t allow our interests to be rudely trampled, to be ignored." Lavrov spoke two days after the US formally rejected Moscow’s demands that Ukraine be blocked from ever entering NATO, as well as that the alliance roll back its presence in former Soviet bloc states. The State Department called the Russian stance a 'non-starter,' and Secretary of State Antony Blinken reiterated that opinion Wednesday. "Right now, the document is with them, and the ball is in their court," Blinken told reports. Read the rest at the link Posted by: badanov 2022-01-29 |
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