Sergey Lavrov: Quotes about war

Sergey Lavrov is Russian politician and Foreign Minister. Explore interesting quotes on war.
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“We believe that the coalition's intervention in the civil war in Libya has not, essentially, been sanctioned by the UN Security Council resolution, its only purpose is to ensure the protection of the civilian population.”

Sergey Lavrov

Intervention in Libya at odds with UN resolution (March 2011) http://en.rian.ru/russia/20110328/163245789.html

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“Ha! I’ve heard about these reports. I think it’s another provocation, coming just before NATO war games on Georgian territory that were in complete disregard of Russia’s warnings. If this is aimed at drawing other participants of the war games into the conflict — prompted by statements from the Georgian government — then this only proves that we were 100% right when we warned those taking part in the war games not to do so as it will lead heighten tensions sharply.”

Sergey Lavrov

Regarding the reported coup in Georgia. Interview with Euronews (May 2009) http://www.euronews.com/2009/05/06/no-link-between-iran-and-us-missile-shield-lavrov-tells-euronews/

War , Game , Thinking , Parting

“Instead of the negative and relative stability of Cold War times, we all need positive stability based on collective interaction, an indifferently correct neighborhood is impossible on our continent. The principle of indivisibility of European security should be legally binding, relations between the US, Europe and Russia need a qualitatively new interaction that could help solve common and global challenges.”

Sergey Lavrov

In his speech from April 2010 http://rt.com/news/lavrov-council-europe-speech/

War , Time , Help , Indifference

“Members of the international community, first of all our Western partners, have chosen the path of supporting one of the sides in the civil war – probably the party that represented the Libyan people's legitimate aspirations, but this still increased the number of casualties among the civilian population.”

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Saying that NATO's interference in Libya caused more casualties {December 2011) http://rt.com/politics/lavrov-nato-libya-victims-201/

War , People , Communication , Support

“The West has declared war on us, on the whole Russian world. The culture of canceling Russia and everything connected with our country is already reaching the point of absurdity.”

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About the Russian invasion of Ukraine 2022

Country , War , World

“If you are worried about the prospect of war in Europe - we do not want that at all.”

Sergey Lavrov

"Lavrov Says Russia Does Not Want War in Europe" https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2022-05-11/lavrov-says-russia-does-not-want-war-in-europe, US News/Reuters, 11 May 2022
About the Russian invasion of Ukraine 2022

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