Ajit Karn
Russian Minister was recently visited to Africa
The West’s attempts to “isolate” Russia, according to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, have entirely failed, and Moscow is forging closer ties with nations in the Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, Africa, and other regions.
After returning from a nearly week-long trip to Africa, Lavrov told Russian diplomats at an event at his ministry that “today we can declare that the West’s intentions to isolate Russia by encircling us with a sanitary cordon have been a farce.”
“We are building good neighbourly ties in the broadest sense of this idea with the worldwide majority, despite the anti-Russian orchestration coordinated by Washington, London, and Brussels,” he stated.
On his most recent journey, the seasoned foreign minister visited Iraq, Mauritania, Sudan, and Mali. Additionally, he recently travelled to Eritrea, Eswatini, Angola, and South Africa.
After Moscow invaded Ukraine about a year ago in what it dubbed a “special military operation” it said was essential to boost its own security, Russia’s ties with Western countries, which had been deteriorating for many years, reached new post-Cold War lows.
In response, Russia has sought closer ties with China, India, Arab and African countries, and others that have refrained from joining the sanctions while calling for peace talks between Moscow and Kyiv. Kyiv’s Western allies have portrayed that move as an imperial-style land grab and imposed broad economic sanctions on Russia.
By committing to provide Kyiv significant quantities of military assistance, including battle tanks, Moscow claims NATO has essentially entered the conflict in Ukraine and accuses the United States of endangering global security abroad.
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Maria Zakharova, a spokeswoman for the foreign ministry, said on Friday that Russia will carefully monitor any American decision to station hypersonic weapons in Japan, adding that this would “represent for us a fundamental shift in the regional security situation.”
She seemed to be reacting to a story in Japan’s Sankei newspaper that said that, in light of rising tensions with China, Washington would send Tomahawk missiles and long-range hypersonic weapons to Japan.
