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Lavrov said the US was losing its sense of mutual restraint with Russia, calling it “dangerous”.
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State news agency TASS reported that Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned the United States not to cross Russia’s “red lines” on the Ukraine conflict, stressing that Washington felt mutual restraint with Moscow. It’s starting to lose.
In an interview on Wednesday, Lavrov said the Americans had “crossed their own red lines” over supplying Ukraine with weapons, according to the Russian news agency.
“They (the US) must understand that our red lines are nothing to fool around with. And they know very well where they are,” the report quoted him as saying.
Lavrov said the US was losing its sense of mutual restraint with Russia, calling it “dangerous”.
“(U.S. National Security Council spokesman John) Kirby said that increasing support for Ukraine must be approached carefully so as not to fuel World War III because Europe would be sad to see it go.” He said the US had a “deep conviction that they are untouchable”.
Lavrov said he hoped Washington understood the potential consequences of supplying Ukraine with weapons.
“I believe there are reasonable people left with significant influence. And I hope that America’s interests will be taken into account,” he said.
Meanwhile, at a press conference Wednesday, Kirby said the United States welcomes any nation that tries to help end the conflict in Ukraine.
“Any nation willing to help end this war and considering President Zelensky’s prerogatives, the Ukrainian people’s prerogatives, his plan for a just peace, we certainly do,” he said. Will welcome the role.”
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday named India among the three countries he is in constant contact with over the Ukraine conflict, stressing that they are making sincere efforts to resolve it.
“We respect our friends and partners, who I believe are making sincere efforts to resolve all issues related to this conflict, primarily China, Brazil and India. Stay in touch,” Putin said in a statement. Separate TASS report.
Putin’s comments came within two weeks of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s historic visit to Ukraine, where he held talks with President Zelensky.
On August 23, Modi visited Ukraine, where he conveyed to President Zelensky that Ukraine and Russia should meet without wasting time to end the ongoing war and that India was “active” in restoring peace in the region. role” ready to play.
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