Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zakharova accused the West of creating tensions around Kiev to lobby for their own interests. She expressed this opinion on the air of the program “60 minutes” on the TV channel “Russia 1”, reports TASS.
in order to lobby for their interests, “- said the representative of the Ministry of the Russian Federation.
In her opinion, Western countries use such tactics, since” they can no longer be in the field of legal relations “on equal terms. “Each time, more and more ideological and political models are invented in order for this inequality to be realized,” Zakharova said.
Also, according to the representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the tension around Ukraine is heightened by “explaining and rehabilitating” the West non-fulfillment by Kiev of the Minsk agreements. “These are all kinds of exercises, this is the supply of weapons and the use of these weapons in the conflict zone, this is the allocation of funds not for humanitarian purposes, but for military purposes,” she stressed.
Zakharova concluded that Moscow is not against Washington's assistance in the implementation of the Minsk agreements by Kiev, if this assistance is aimed at their implementation.
Earlier, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov admitted that the Ukrainian authorities could break into military adventures. As Lavrov noted, the likelihood of such actions on the part of the Kiev authorities poses a direct threat to Russia's security. At the same time, he recalled that earlier Russian President Vladimir Putin had already stated that Moscow was not interested in any conflicts.