Zakharova mentioned the topic of Lavrov’s speech at the OSCE Ministerial Council in Skopje – Rossiyskaya Gazeta

“The reason is obvious: the desire of a certain country, the United States of America, to do everything possible to prevent the normal course of cooperation and the construction of collective security on the European continent,” the diplomat said. According to Zakharova, Washington does not tolerate competition from other states. “They (US-RG note) can only live in conditions of controlled chaos,” she added.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is currently participating in a meeting of heads of foreign affairs agencies of OSCE participating countries. The event takes place in Skopje. The head of Russian diplomacy traveled to North Macedonia for about five hours through the airspace of Turkey and Greece. Due to the presence of the Russian Foreign Minister at the OSCE Ministerial Council, Poland and the Baltic countries decided to boycott the event.