The West is not hiding its preparations for a new major European war, – Lavrov

The main points of his statements at the International Conference on Eurasian Security in Minsk:

 

— NATO expansion “continues unabated,” contrary to all commitments;

— Russia has no intention of attacking any NATO country, and Moscow is ready to enshrine this in security guarantees;

— The Russian Federation hopes that Trump still seeks peace in Ukraine and remains committed to the approaches agreed at the summit in Alaska;

— Lavrov once again emphasised that the approaches to peace in Ukraine were developed on the basis of US proposals;

— The threat from NATO comes from everywhere, including the Asia-Pacific region;

— Russia is concerned about plans to intensify NATO activities in the Arctic, which Moscow sees as a zone of peace;

— Russia opposes the transformation of Eurasia into a NATO fiefdom.