VLADIVOSTOK, September 3. /TASS/. Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov spoke about the West’s position on the Ukraine settlement, NATO and European Union policies, and Germany’s militarization during a lecture organized by the Znanie Society at the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF).
He also addressed the status of the Russian language and the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Ukraine, and the situation in the Asia-Pacific region.
TASS has compiled the foreign minister’s key statements.
West’s position on Ukraine
The West’s position on Ukraine is disgraceful, as it disregards key provisions of the UN Charter: "The UN Charter states in its first article that everyone must respect human rights regardless of race, sex, language or religion. Moreover, Ukraine’s constitution still states that the state guarantees the rights of Russians and other national minorities. Nobody cares about that. They passed laws that contradict the UN Charter and the constitution, and everyone says these are supposedly European values. I consider the West’s position absolutely disgraceful."
