Russian foreign minister accuses the west of frenzied criticism over his country’s invasion of Ukraine
The Russian foreign minister left the G20 meeting of leading economies early after telling his counterparts that Russia’s invasion of
Lavrov, sitting at the meeting between Saudi Arabia and Mexico, also accused the west of pressing Ukraine to “use its weapons” in the fighting. He walked out at the point when the German foreign minister, Annalena Baerbock, was starting to speak. Much of the meeting and discussions on the sidelines were taken up with efforts to persuade Russia to allow the export ofthrough an independently policed safe naval corridor in the Black Sea. But talks, largely led by Turkey and the UN, have been continuing for weeks with no breakthrough.
Lavrov denied the dispute was a central factor in the broader global grain shortage, saying the blockaded grain accounted for 1% of global supply. The EU foreign affairs chief, Josep Borrell, hit back by saying there were no EU sanctions on food. Western leaders refused to join a group photo with Lavrov but said their presence at the meeting, as opposed to a boycott, showed a greater willingness to make their argument rather than assume other neutral states side with them.
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