- Nineteen prisoners use cutlery to break out of cells at Winchester prison
- France wants progress in Ukraine before Russia returns to G7
- Italy president begins talks to seek way out of government crisis
- Italian PM expected to resign as political chaos deepens
- Russia says US cruise missile test ‘regrettable’
- Kremlin - No date set for Normandy talks on Ukraine despite Macron meeting
- Egypt court hands out 6 death sentences on terror charges
- Putin says Russian nuclear explosion poses no threat
- Russian panel eyes alleged foreign interference in protests
- Gran Canaria wildfire triggers evacuation of thousands of people
- PM Johnson calls on Germany and France to compromise on Brexit
- Sudan's ex-president Bashir arrives at corruption trial
TEHRAN, September 01 - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has dismissed the United States’ latest sanctions against his country as counterproductive, saying the US is pushing Moscow-Washington ties into a stalemate.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) -"Not for the first time we highlight that the permanent buildup of sanctions pressure without any facts that would justify such sanctions is counterproductive and push relations into an impasse," Lavrov said on Saturday.
However, the top Russian diplomat said that Moscow was always open for dialogue based on mutual respect and taking into account mutual interests.
“Once our partners are ready to talk on the basis of mutual respect and considering (mutual) interests, we are always ready for such dialogue,” he said.
Washington imposed new sanctions on Moscow earlier this month over what it called the attempted assassination in Britain of a former Russian intelligence agent, Sergei Skripal.
Skripal, and his daughter, Yulia, fell ill in the British city of Salisbury on March 4. They were hospitalized and diagnosed with exposure to Novichok, a military-grade nerve agent.
Britain blamed Russia but never offered evidence. Moscow has strongly denied the accusation.
The new US sanctions include blocking foreign aid to Russia, halting the sale of data-x-items or services related to defense and national security, and prohibiting any government credit support for exports to Russia.
In an interview with Russian newspaper Pravda published last week, Lavrov warned that Washington’s new anti-Moscow bans could prompt Russia's retaliation.
Russia is launching diplomatic, economic and strategic measures to stave off possible impacts of the US sanctions. The measures include establishing closer diplomatic ties with Iran, Turkey, and the European Union, reducing the holding of US treasury securities, and turning eastward in pursuit of a closer Eurasian partnership.
Source: Press TV
Your Comment