Lavrov says collective West behaves 'deceitfully' as it is afraid of honest competition

Amid ongoing ravaging war with Ukraine which continues unabated, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov claimed that collective West is afraid of honest competition and, as a result, behaves "deceitfully" by cancelling  culture of any nation with a strong national identity.

" West is scared of honest competition, this is widely known. This is why y ‘cancel’ culture of any country speaking from its own nationally oriented positions, prohibit TV channels from brocasting, ban unwanted politicians on social networks and remove everything from public space that disagrees with neo-liberal concept of world order," he told  national brocaster of Belarus, TASS news agency reported. 

Lavrov also echoed Russian President Vlimir Putin's recent comments where he termed West an "empire of lies."

"I absolutely agree with President Putin," Russian Foreign Minister ded. Speaking furr, he also slammed Ukrainian government for "spreing lies" to justify its actions. "It is of no surprise to me that lies have become Ukrainian government’s stock-in-tre. This was true for government of Petro Poroshenko and same applies to incumbent President Vlimir Zelenskyy," Lavrov asserted. 

Talks with Ukraine in existing formats make no sense: Lavrov

Russian Foreign Minister also asserted that that holding talks with Ukraine in same formats that existed for last eight years would make no sense. He claimed that past formats were of little help when asked if a fresh version of an agreement with Ukraine, something that might be referred to as Minsk-3 pact, should be drafted.  "It would be senseless in formats that we used for negotiations in past eight years," he ded, as per TASS. 

Russia-Ukraine war

It is pertinent to mention here that war between Russia and Ukraine continues unabated and reached its day 121st day on Friday, June 24. In its latest operational update, Ukrainian Defence Ministry has claimed that Russia has lost nearly 34,530 soldiers since onset of war in late February. Both countries have also held several rounds of peace negotiations but y have failed to yield desired result so far. Meanwhile, officials of Russia and Ukraine have stated that peace negotiations between both countries have stalled as of now. 

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