©Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service/TASS
France is offering its services to mediate the Ukrainian crisis is mere grandstanding amid the difficulties Europe is experiencing, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told reporters.
"Knowing what is going on in Europe now, it (the desire to mediate - TASS) is probably a desire to make itself the center of attention, a desire to show how active you are and how you need to be supported," he pointed out.
Lavrov recalled French President Emmanuel Macron's recent contradictory statements about his intention to supply the Kiev regime with long-range missiles to continue the war with Russia, while at the same time displaying readiness to play the role of a mediator and call Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss the situation in Ukraine.
"If someone wants to make a contribution to the search for a settlement, they do not use a microphone," the top Russian diplomat said. "It is done through the appropriate channels," he added.
"Everyone knows this. For what purpose public, boisterous statements are made on one issue or another: that we will be a mediator, that we will give some long-range missiles to be fired on Russian territory - it is very difficult for me to see anything rational in these statements," Lavrov said.
In this regard, Lavrov pointed to the fact that "France has already been a mediator." "Mr. Macron's predecessor, Mr. [Francois] Hollande, was a mediator, a guarantor of the Minsk agreements, and then last year he suddenly said with pride.
'We didn't want to fulfill anything there. We had to buy time to pump Ukraine with weapons against Russia,'" Lavrov recalled the former French president's words, noting that the Minsk agreements had been endorsed by the UN Security Council.
"So when Macron says, 'Let's give [Ukraine] long-range missiles,' it's the same thing Hollande said when he was a mediator," the top diplomat summarized.
Russia, South Africa have good outlook for diversified cooperation — Lavrov
"The presidents identified - and will keep doing so - ways of further developing our relations in all areas and in the economy, investment, high technology, science, education, sports and military-technical cooperation," the top Russian diplomat said.
Russia and South Africa have a good outlook for cooperation in various areas, including economic and military-technical cooperation, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has told the media.
He is certain that relations between Moscow and Pretoria are "excellent and on the rise."
Lavrov recalled that South African President Cyril Ramaphosa had visited Russia twice this year.
"On both occasions, bilateral talks [with Russian President Vladimir Putin] took place. They were frank, useful and keynoted by trust. The presidents identified - and will keep doing so - ways of further developing our relations in all areas and in the economy, investment, high technology, science, education, sports and military-technical cooperation," Lavrov said.
He emphasized that Moscow appreciated the strong memories all leading politicians in South Africa retained about the role of the Soviet Union in the fight against Apartheid.
"We have a very solid historical and political foundation. On this basis we are now paying ever more attention to the areas of material cooperation that I have mentioned. We have very good prospects. I have no doubts about this," Lavrov said.
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