Lavrov described relations between Russia and the West as a “struggle of worlds”

Moscow can no longer rely on agreements with the West, including legally binding ones, so relations between Russia and the West are like a “struggle of the worlds.” About it declared Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in an interview in the Big Game program on Channel One.

“Russian President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin has said many times that we are open to cooperation. But as far as our former Western partners are concerned, we cannot rely on agreements with them, including those of a legal nature. This is such a “fight of the worlds,” he said.

Lavrov noted that Moscow is open to contacts with Washington, the minister added. According to him, the United States is approaching Russia through Jake Sullivan, Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, and contacts are now underway on the issue of the functioning of embassies.

At the same time, there were no proposals from the West to resolve the conflict in Ukraine, Lavrov noted. He stressed that all countries that refuse to hold peace talks should understand that “the longer they delay with a peaceful settlement, the harder it will be to negotiate.”

Since the beginning of the military special operation in Ukraine, the parties have held negotiations several times. The first three face-to-face meetings took place in Belarus in February-March last year, and the fourth round of the Russian-Ukrainian dialogue was held on March 29 in Istanbul. Later, the process was frozen, since Kyiv withdrew from it.