MOSCOW, February 11. /TASS/. Western countries have so far been unable to shed their colonial and slave-holding superiority complex, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said, addressing the State Duma (lower house of parliament).
He pointed out that a moratorium regarding the limits defined by the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) would persist as long as the US did not exceed them.
The top diplomat stated that Russia had learned a lesson from communicating with the West on the UN platform and no longer believed in the West’s basic decency. According to Lavrov, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres’ denial of the right to self-determination for Donbass, Novorossiya and Crimea brought the ultimate disgrace upon the global body.
TASS has gathered the key statements the Russian foreign minister made.
Moscow will continue to defend the truth and the right of Crimea, Donbass and Novorossiya to "decide their future in unity with Russia."
