Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov reacted to US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken's visit to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. "Izvestia" reports.
According to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, the "purpose" of US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken's visit to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan is to distance these countries from having good relations with Russia, "Izvestia" reports.
The top diplomat noted that America was not alone in the region to have a "negative effect" on Russia's cooperation with allied countries.
"Europeans and Englishmen are active in the CIS countries to prevent these countries from maintaining good relations with Russia," he said.
The Russian Foreign Minister added that he is calling on the Western CIS countries to define their positions.
Today, March 2, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met face-to-face for the first time since the start of the war on the sidelines of the G20 Foreign Ministers' Summit in New Delhi. An unnamed representative of the US State Department told CNN that the meeting was unscheduled and lasted about ten minutes. Maria Zakharova, the official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, confirmed.
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken began his tour of Central Asian countries with a visit to Kazakhstan. There, he discussed security issues and diplomatic relations with Washington in a meeting with the head of the republic, Kasim-Jomart Tokayev. The politician did not miss the opportunity to accuse Russia of aggression several times in the dialogue with his colleague.
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