Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said today that a new “iron curtain” is about to open between Russia and the West.
At a press conference in Minsk, Belarus, Lavrov said in 1946 that former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s World War II.
“They (westerners) must be careful. The process has already begun,” he said.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Belarus – a country allied with Vladimir Putin in the region –Vladimir Makei expressed that there will be such an Iron Curtain”It was planted by the Westerners themselves”.
The statements were made the same week that NATO decided to accept Sweden and Finland’s accession to the military bloc, and after another meeting between the G7 nations that endorsed Ukraine’s support for the war.
By LavrovThe European Union is “not interested in understanding Russian interests” and its decisions are determined “by Washington”. summit meeting nato He added that this week has shown that the United States wants “all states to submit to its will”.
In the concluding declaration of the meeting, 30 member states pointed to Moscow’s “full responsibility” for the “humanitarian disaster” in Ukraine and condemned the “cruelty” of the Russian occupation.
In the afternoon, United States President Joe Biden announced an increased US military presence in continental Europe in the face of the threat from Moscow. Biden referred to sending troops to Spain, Poland, Romania, the Baltic states, the United Kingdom, Germany and Italy.
The president said Wednesday, without specifying the number of troops involved, that the purpose of this deployment would be to strengthen NATO troops “to respond to threats”. “If Vladimir Putin expects NATO to weaken by attacking Ukraine, the opposite effect is happening. “There will be more NATO, not less,” Biden said.
*With information from AFP and Reuters
source: Noticias
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