Russia calls for geopolitical calculations to be set aside and to focus on the interests of the Ukrainian people in the current situation in Ukraine, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.
Russia’s Federation Council backed the Russian president’s request to
use the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine, Lavrov recalled, speaking
before the United Nations Human Rights Council. We are talking about
protecting Russians here, “the most important human right is the right
to life,” the minister said.
“Those who are trying to interpret the situation almost as some sort
of aggression and threaten with all kinds of possible sanctions and
boycotts – they are the same partners who had consistently and
persistently pushed the political forces close to them towards
ultimatums, refusing dialogue, demonstrating disregard for the concerns
of Ukraine’s south and east and, ultimately, towards the polarization of
the Ukrainian society,” Lavrov said.
It is necessary “to demonstrate a responsible approach, to set
geopolitical calculations aside and put the interests of the Ukrainian
people above everything,” he said.
“It is necessary to ensure the honoring of the obligations stipulated
in the Feb. 21 agreement, including the launch of a constitutional
reform process involving and fully reflecting the views of all the
Ukrainian regions for further approval at a nationwide referendum,”
Lavrov said.
