Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov blamed the U.K. for the “low point” in British-Russian relations during a strained press conference in Moscow on Friday with his opposite number Boris Johnson.
“It’s no secret that our relations are at a low point, and that’s not at our initiative,” Lavrov said, according to the Guardian, urging the U.K. to take a more discreet approach in future. “We’ve noticed you and other Western countries have your reasons for this, and you prefer to speak about them publicly. We would prefer to discuss these issues directly, not in public through microphones.”
Johnson, who is on the …read more
Source: POLITICO – Europe Edition
