Moscow says EU changing into ‘aggressive & militant’
Russia’s International Minister Sergei Lavrov in the present day mentioned he doubted the motives of Ukraine’s intention of becoming a member of the European Union, whereas accusing Brussels of ambitions past the European continent.
Ukraine, the place Russia launched a army marketing campaign on February 24, “is able to declare a impartial, non-aligned standing,” Lavrov advised reporters following a gathering of CIS international ministers in Tajikistan’s capital Dushanbe.
“On the identical time, they’re making an attempt in each potential method to emphasise their need to grow to be an EU member,” Lavrov added.
“There are critical doubts about how innocent such a need is from Kyiv,” he mentioned.
Lavrov additionally accused the EU of reworking from a “constructive, financial platform” into an “aggressive, militant participant, declaring its ambitions far past the European continent”, pointing to strikes within the Indo-Pacific area.
“They’re speeding to comply with within the tracks already laid by NATO, thereby confirming the pattern that they’re merging with the North Atlantic Alliance (NATO) and can the truth is function its appendage,” he mentioned.
