“If new, as they said, hellish sanctions follow, then of course we will & nbsp; respond. We & nbsp; can & nbsp; can & nbsp; not react. How do we & nbsp; react & nbsp; & mdash; will see & raquo;, & nbsp; & mdash; said & nbsp; he.
& laquo; I & nbsp; do not & nbsp; want to guess now, on & nbsp; what the West will decide. They threaten with some kind of & nbsp; financial sanctions, new sectoral reprisals. This is a dead-end road, and & nbsp; in & nbsp; ultimately it & nbsp; will turn against the very initiators of these illegitimate unilateral measures '', & nbsp; & mdash; the minister continued.
Commenting on Nuland's words, Lavrov also noted that “everything happens for the first time.”
“ Before & nbsp; this too & nbsp; there were sanctions, which & nbsp; were not. Our Western colleagues have simply absolutely lost the culture of dialogue, diplomatic negotiations, reaching consensus, the ability to creatively seek a balance of interests '', & nbsp; & mdash; said & nbsp; he.
According to Lavrov, Western countries impose sanctions if something suddenly goes against their will, and not only against Russia.
“ Almost everywhere now negotiations, if they include & nbsp; countries that do not & nbsp; share the approaches of the West, sanctions are used in & nbsp; as a threat, and & nbsp; then they are introduced if someone & nbsp; someone & nbsp; does not & nbsp; listen & nbsp;, & nbsp; & mdash; continued & nbsp; he.
& nbsp; I & nbsp; still hope that & nbsp; this reflects not & nbsp; the regrettable fact that & nbsp; Westerners have lost the ability to negotiate, but & nbsp; that & nbsp; they just & nbsp; while such a Russophobic trend in & nbsp ; NATO and the & nbsp; EU does not & nbsp; allow you to really engage in specific affairs, move away from & nbsp; confrontation, to do what & nbsp; for the sake of & nbsp; which the OSCE and & nbsp; was created & raquo;, & nbsp; & mdash; pointed out the head of the Foreign Ministry & nbsp; RF.
Contacts on & nbsp; settlement
In addition, the minister said that & nbsp; Moscow does not & nbsp; leave any & nbsp; & nbsp; any contacts on & nbsp ; Ukrainian settlement, but & nbsp; insists that & nbsp; it is necessary to clearly understand their & nbsp; direction. & nbsp; We are & nbsp; ready to & nbsp; any contacts, nor & nbsp; which contacts we & nbsp; do & nbsp; leave. The main thing & nbsp; & mdash; understand what we are & nbsp; achieve & raquo;, & nbsp; & mdash; noted the minister.