Ahead of Secretary of State John Kerry’s planned visit to Moscow next week to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Ukraine and Syria, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov poured cold water on hopes of finding common ground with the United States.“As long as Obama’s deputy Joe Biden goes around Europe recommending continued sanctions against us without taking into account how Kyiv [Ukraine] is behaving under Western pressure,” Lavrov said in an interview with Italian newspaper La Repubblica in reference to Ukraine-related sanctions, “we will not be able to reach any understanding.”While Lavrov’s warning should be sufficient reason for Kerry to …read more
Source: The American Interest
