Rambling Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov uses his UN speech to blast the West and ‘continuing to fuel conflict’ – while ignoring his country’s barbaric invasion of Ukraine
- Mr Lavrov said West are trying to force world to play by their ‘self-centred rules’
Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov denounced the West for ‘continuing to fuel conflict’ during his United Nations speech, while ignoring his country’s invasion of Ukraine.
The top diplomat said the United States and the West are ‘trying to force the world to play according to their own self-centred rules’ in his speech to the UN General Assembly, being held in New York.
‘The U.S. and its subordinate Western collective are continuing to fuel conflicts which artificially divide humanity into hostile blocks and hamper the achievement of overall aims’, he said.
‘They’re doing everything they can to prevent the formation of a genuine multipolar world order. They are trying to force the world to play according to their own self-centred rules.
‘The rest of the planet is sick of it. They don’t want to live under anybody’s yoke anymore.’
He argued that the proof of this lies in the growth of such groups as BRICs, the developing economies coalition which currently includes Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, as well as recently invited Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, all tipped to join next year.
Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov denounced the West for ‘continuing to fuel conflict’ during his UN speech
The top diplomat failed to touch upon the ongoing war. Pictured: Natali Sevriukova reacts next to her house following a rocket attack the city of Kyiv in February 2022
Damaged waterpipes are being repaired after Russia attacked Ukraine with 43 cruise missiles during the night earlier this week
During the speech, he recapped on some historical complaints, going back as far as the 1991 breakup of the Soviet Union and reference the billions of dollars the US and its Western allies have poured into supporting Ukraine
Ukraine’s seats in the assembly hall were empty for part of Mr Lavrov’s speech
The top diplomat said the United States and the West are ‘trying to force the world to play according to their own self-centred rules’ in his speech to the UN General Assembly
‘Our future is being shaped by a struggle, a struggle between the global majority in favour of a fairer distribution of global benefits and civilized diversity and between the few who wield neo-colonial methods of subjugation in order to maintain their domination which is slipping through their hands,’ he added.
Ukraine’s seats in the assembly hall were empty for part of Mr Lavrov’s speech.
During the speech, he recapped on some historical complaints, going back as far as the 1991 breakup of the Soviet Union and reference the billions of dollars the US and its Western allies have poured into supporting Ukraine.
But, he failed to touch on the ongoing war.
Since invading the country in February 2022, Russia has offered various explanations for its ‘special military operation’ in Ukraine including claims that Kyiv was oppressing Russian speakers in the east of the country, and that Ukraine’s growing ties with the West posed a risk to Russia.
It’s also claimed to have been threatened by NATO’s eastward expansion over the last few decades.
Mr Lavrov spoke just four days after Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelensky and US President Joe Biden.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy walks down the White House colonnade to the Oval Office with US President Joe Biden during a visit to the White House this week
Mr Biden pressed world leaders to maintain their support for Ukraine, adding: ‘If we allow Ukraine to be carved up, is the independence of any nation secure?’
Mr Zelenksy visited his country’s wounded soldiers at the Staten Island University Hospital this week
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Mr Zelensky accused Russia of ‘weaponizing ‘ food, energy and children against Ukraine and the ‘international rules-based order’ in general. His comments were echoed by Mr Biden who pressed world leaders to maintain their support for Ukraine, adding: ‘If we allow Ukraine to be carved up, is the independence of any nation secure?’
Earlier this week, Mr Zelensky warned World War Three could become a reality if the US does not continue to support Ukraine having already contributed roughly $70 billion towards the effort.
Speaking on 60 Minutes Sunday night, Zelensky compared Russian President Vladimir Putin to Adolf Hitler.
‘The whole world [has to] decide whether we want to stop Putin, or whether we want to start the beginning of a world war. We can’t change Putin. Russian society has [lost] the respect of the world,’ he said.
He made the comments amid his trip to the US to for the UN General Assembly, where he also visited the White House and visited his country’s wounded soldiers at the Staten Island University Hospital.
During his visit, President Zelensky told reporters: ‘For us it’s very important that all our words, all our messages will be heard by our partners.
‘And if in the United Nations still… there is a place for Russian terrorists, the question is not to me I think, it’s a question to all the members of the United Nations,’ he added.
He also toured the facility with Michael Dowling, the CEO of Northwell Health, who own the hospital. Dowling said that 18 Ukrainian soldiers have received treatment there since March.
Nine Ukrainian soldiers are currently undergoing treatment at the hospital. The clinic has helped a total of 35 servicemen over the past year, according to hospital staff and the Ukrainian-American NGO Kind Deeds, which supplies prostheses for war amputees.
Kyiv does not disclose war casualty figures, but US officials estimate that the number of dead and wounded Ukrainian soldiers is nearing 500,000, the New York Times reported last month.
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