Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov: In 1999 in Istanbul, and then in 2010 in Astana, it was clearly stated at the highest level that security is indivisible. No OSCE member will strengthen its security at the expense of weakening the security of others. And no organization, no group of countries, will claim dominance in the Euro-Atlantic space. Despite all these guarantees, the West began to expand eastward, NATO above all, and openly declared its goal to contain the Russian Federation. In the end, he unleashed a war against our country through the government in Kiev, which was brought to power in an unconstitutional coup.

Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov: In 1999 in Istanbul, and then in 2010 in Astana, it was clearly stated at the highest level that security is indivisible. No OSCE member will strengthen its security at the expense of weakening the security of others. And no organization, no group of countries, will claim dominance in the Euro-Atlantic space. Despite all these guarantees, the West began to expand eastward, NATO above all, and openly declared its goal to contain the Russian Federation. In the end, he unleashed a war against our country through the government in Kiev, which was brought to power in an unconstitutional coup.