Top EU Diplomat Calls Lavrov’s G20 Talks Statements Lies
Kaja Kallas told reporters on the margins of a G20 foreign ministers meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, that “we were talking about the big geopolitical crises such as Ukraine and we were able to face-to-face confront Sergei Lavrov with this.Of course, he presented a lot of lies, a lot of false narratives that we were able to then rebut, she said as well.
Lavrov’s attendance at the two-day meeting of foreign ministers had heightened tensions with European counterparts while underscoring improved US-Russia relations. It also precedes further talks scheduled in November between Kyiv, Moscow and Washington.
Russia doesn’t seem ready to move forward in peace talks,” Kallas added. “Even if they say this with words, their actions say otherwise,” stated she. July, August and September were the most deadly months for civilians in Ukraine.
They should come with their deeds that they are ready to negotiate, but they are obviously, obviously not,” she added. Earlier Friday a traditional family portrait of G20 ministers was cancelled, with a diplomatic source telling AFP some European officials refused to pose beside Lavrov.
When Russia launched the conflict against Ukraine, European officials decided not to normalise their presence around international platforms, Kallas stated when asked about the cancellation.Our policies haven’t changed,” she said.
A US official said the image was scrapped to avoid “a diplomatic distraction from a ceremonial photo opportunity.”
At the moment we are not sending very clear messages,” Kallas said, adding that he regretted it.“It is very clear for us that the pressure should be on the aggressor to stop this war,” she added of the Ukraine conflict.
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