UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Friday laid the blame for a “bleeding Middle East and North Africa” on the U.S. and its allies, in a speech to the U.N. General Assembly smacking of the kind of rhetoric that reflected the state of superpower relations during the Cold War.
In wide-ranging comments, Lavrov depicted Moscow’s military involvement in Syria as crucial to efforts to prevent the crisis from spiraling even more out of control. He accused Ukraine of playing “zero-point games” instead of hewing to agreements meant to reduce the confrontation with his country. He criticized the …read more
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