Lavrov informed a gathering of OSCE ministers in North Macedonia that the organisation was an “appendage” of NATO and the EU, earlier than strolling out.
Russian Overseas Minister Sergei Lavrov lashed out at NATO, the EU, Ukraine and the West throughout a fiery speech on Thursday.
Talking on the annual assembly of the Organisation for Safety and Cooperation in Europe, Lavrov derided the worldwide physique as an “appendage” of the EU and NATO.
He additionally blamed “NATO’s reckless growth to the East” for conflict returning to Europe earlier than tearing into the OSCE itself.
“Let’s face it, the organisation is on the point of a precipice and the query arises: does it nonetheless make sense to put money into revitalising it?” he informed dozens of different international ministers within the North Macedonian capital, Skopje.
The Russian international minister spoke for quarter-hour earlier than strolling out of the conferences. He blamed what he described as Western tolerance of the “ruling neo-Nazi regime in Kyiv”
Lavrov needed to get particular permission to fly over European airspace to attend the assembly, his first go to to a NATO nation for the reason that Kremlin launched it is full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
The Baltic nations – Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania – have boycotted the OSCE assembly together with Ukraine due to Lavrov’s presence.
Western ministers in attendance have been sharply vital of Lavrov after he spoke.
“Russia’s makes an attempt accountable others for its personal selections are clear,” mentioned Danish Overseas Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen, who was talking when Lavrov walked out.
“We won’t compromise on the core ideas of the European safety order or permit Russia to disclaim Ukraine the precise to make its personal unbiased international and safety coverage selections – ideas that Russia itself has agreed to,” he continued.
Primarily based in Vienna, Austria, the OSCE is an intergovernmental organisation targeted on selling safety, stability, and cooperation amongst its collaborating states.