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Lavrov attends OSCE summit in Malta

Lavrov attends OSCE summit in Malta

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov recently visited Malta for a security summit, marking his first visit to an EU nation since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiga walked out of the hall, accusing the West of fueling a new Cold War. Lavrov's attendance at the OSCE meeting in Malta has been met with controversy, as he has not visited the EU since a trip to Stockholm in December 2021. During his visit, Lavrov accused the West of reviving the Cold War and provoking a direct conflict with Russia.

Baiba Braže
Government of Latvia
1. I cannot be in the same room as an aggressor state.
Radosław Sikorski
Polish Foreign Ministry
1. Mr. Lavrov is coming here to lie about [the] Russian invasion and what Russia is doing in Ukraine.
Sergei Lavrov
Russian Foreign Ministry
1. The result is the reincarnation of the Cold War, but now with the far greater risk of its escalation into the hot phase.
2. After the Afghan disgrace, there was a need for a new common enemy.
Andriy Sybiha
Ukraine Foreign Ministry
1. When Russians say they want peace they lie.
2. Ukraine continues to fight for its right to exist. And the Russian war criminal at this table must know: Ukraine will win this fight and justice will prevail.
Anthony Blinken
White House
1. That's exactly what this is about: the sovereign right of Ukraine and the Ukrainian people to make their own choices about the future, not to have those choices made in and by Moscow.
2. Mr Lavrov spoke about the sovereign right of every member state to make their own choices.
3. I regret that our colleague, Mr. Lavrov, has left the room, not giving me the courtesy to listen to us as we listen to him.
4. This is not about and has never been about Russia's security. This is about Mr. Putin's imperial project to erase Ukraine from the map.
5. Our Russian colleague is very adept in drowning listeners with a tsunami of misinformation.