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WATCH LIVE: Russia's Lavrov talks foreign policy with media outlets amid Moscow-NATO crisis | |
(about 16 hours later) | |
Sergey Lavrov is taking questions as the standoff with the US and NATO and tensions around Ukraine continue | |
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is speaking to four radio stations – Sputnik, Echo of Moscow, Govorit Moskva, and Komsomolskaya Pravda – on Friday about foreign policy issues including the current situation between his country and the West. | |
You can also watch it on RT’s YouTube channel and Facebook page, or you can tune in to Radio Sputnik. | You can also watch it on RT’s YouTube channel and Facebook page, or you can tune in to Radio Sputnik. |
Lavrov is expected to take questions about current tensions between Russia and the West regarding Ukraine and the wider situation in Europe. After several rounds of negotiations, the US and NATO sent formal replies to Moscow’s security proposals on Thursday. | Lavrov is expected to take questions about current tensions between Russia and the West regarding Ukraine and the wider situation in Europe. After several rounds of negotiations, the US and NATO sent formal replies to Moscow’s security proposals on Thursday. |
“There has been no positive response” to Moscow’s key concerns, Lavrov told reporters after reviewing the documents provided by the US. Russia wants legally binding assurances that the Western military bloc will not continue to expand eastward, which means Ukraine be effectively blocked from joining NATO. | “There has been no positive response” to Moscow’s key concerns, Lavrov told reporters after reviewing the documents provided by the US. Russia wants legally binding assurances that the Western military bloc will not continue to expand eastward, which means Ukraine be effectively blocked from joining NATO. |
Western countries, meanwhile, are concerned with what they view as a looming Russian invasion of its neighbor. Moscow has repeatedly denied that it has plans to attack. | Western countries, meanwhile, are concerned with what they view as a looming Russian invasion of its neighbor. Moscow has repeatedly denied that it has plans to attack. |
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