Russian Overseas Minister Sergey Lavrov claimed Friday that the EU and NATO are gathering a “coalition” to “basically” put together for a struggle with Russia.
Commenting on Ukraine and Moldova becoming a member of the EU, Lavrov mentioned the EU shouldn’t be a military-political bloc, due to this fact, not like NATO, the event of its relations with different nations doesn’t create any threats or dangers for Russia.
Nevertheless, Russia perceives the rhetoric of the union had been more and more aggressive and “Russophobic,” Lavrov mentioned at a joint press convention along with his Azeri counterpart Jeyhun Bayramov in Baku.
The European Union, along with NATO, is gathering a kind of fashionable coalition to combat, basically, a struggle with the Russian Federation,” Lavrov mentioned, including Russia will “monitor this very intently.”
The European Council granted Ukraine and Moldova EU candidacy standing on Thursday in a bid to indicate assist for the 2 nations within the face of Russian aggression towards Ukraine.
The query of Ukraine and Moldova becoming a member of the EU was labelled “inner European affairs” by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, additionally on Friday. Nevertheless, he added that it’s essential {that a} resolution on the matter doesn’t additional have an effect on Russia’s relations with the 2 nations or the European bloc.
“These are, after all, inner European affairs,” Peskov informed reporters on an everyday convention name.
He added, nonetheless: “It’s essential for us that every one these processes don’t carry extra issues to us and to the relations of the above-mentioned nations with us. And that it doesn’t result in an additional deterioration of our relationships with the EU.”
Peskov’s feedback echo the phrases of Russian President Vladimir Putin who mentioned final Friday that Russia “has nothing towards” Ukraine getting into the EU as it’s the “sovereign resolution of any nation” to hitch an financial bloc.
