Russia Does Not Want War, But Will Not Allow Its Interests to Be Ignored: Lavrov

Russia does not want war but will not allow its interests to be ignored, said Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in an interview with Sputnik and three other radio stations.

"We do not want wars, but we will not allow gross attacks on our interests; we will not allow our interests to be overlooked," he added.

Lavrov emphasized that the proposals regarding security guarantees are not ultimatums and contain nothing alarming; Moscow simply wants to be treated honestly.

The minister noted that negotiations with the US and NATO on this matter are not over, and there are "rational kernels" in response to the Russian initiative. However, the West is "pushing out" the concept of indivisibility of security from the OSCE provisions, focusing only on what is advantageous to it.

In this regard, Moscow intends to send inquiries to all its partners to understand how they plan to fulfill the points of this document. At the same time, Russia is preparing a response to Washington and Brussels, which is currently being developed.

Lavrov specifically addressed the responses from the US and NATO to the previously sent security proposals, calling the first "the pinnacle of diplomacy" and the latter "very ideological." He also added that he feels embarrassed for those writing the alliance's response.

Lavrov also mentioned that details are not being disclosed since Western partners have requested that they remain unpublished.