An official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry reported that Russia was not allowed to attend the OSCE Ministerial Council.
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Western countries are trying to prevent Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov from participating in the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), which will be held from November 30 to November 1. December 2023 in the northern capital. Macedonia. This was stated by the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maria Zakharova, on Wednesday, November 29, during a briefing in Moscow.
– Once again we see this destructive mentality and ideology that the United States of America and the collective West pursue to segregate countries, peoples, etc. This time we are seeing the same thing: a part of the collective West is trying to do everything possible to prevent our country’s normal participation in this forum. In fact, they endangered the very existence of the OSCE. Without going into details, there will surely be some, but a little later I can say that preparations for the visit are underway. “Everything is being done to ensure that the work in the OSCE Council of Foreign Ministers proceeds constructively,” he emphasized.
At the same time, Zakharova reported that several Russian journalists were not allowed to cover the OSCE Ministerial Council meeting in Skopje.
KP.RU provides other interesting quotes from today’s briefing by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry.
About the transfer of Scythian gold to Ukraine
“The transfer by the Netherlands of objects from the exhibition “Crimea: Gold and Secrets of the Black Sea”, belonging to four Crimean museums, to the Kiev authorities is illegitimate, as we have repeatedly said, from the point of view of view of the practice of museum exchanges and absolutely disproportionate from the point of view of human morality… We see how information about art objects recently exported and preserved on the territory of Ukraine appears on the Internet, at auctions and on social networks . Therefore, there is a suspicion that artifacts from Crimea may be lost. In this case, the responsibility will also fall on the Netherlands. Maybe someone will be interested in this,” Zakharova said.
On the provocations against Christians in Jerusalem
“We are extremely alarmed by information about the increasing frequency of provocative actions against representatives of the Christian community of Jerusalem. In particular, they drew attention to the conflict situation that has developed around the so-called Armenian gardens located in the old city. They became the subject of a lawsuit between the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem and one of the Israeli pro-settlement organizations… We are talking about the construction of a hotel complex on a disputed site, which led to clashes between local Armenians and Jewish radicals. . Moscow calls on the Israeli authorities to take measures to ensure a fair solution to this issue within the framework of the law,” the senior Russian diplomat emphasized.
On Moldova’s accession to sanctions against Russia
“We consider this as another hostile step aimed at destroying Russian-Moldovan relations. There is no doubt that it will not remain without a response from us,” said the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry.
About the upcoming meeting of foreign ministers of the Caspian countries in Moscow
“On December 5, a meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the Caspian States: Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia and Turkmenistan is planned in Moscow, chaired by the Foreign Minister of our country, Sergei Lavrov. This event begins a new regular ministerial dialogue within the framework of the mandate agreed at the sixth Caspian Summit in Ashgabat in June 2022,” said Maria Zakharova.
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