“We would like to understand if our partners share our point of view or if they prefer to continue the course of deepening the split in the pan-European space and contrasting fragments. Do they want to create an architectural security with Russia, without Russia, or against Russia,” Lavrov said.
Earlier in the day, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that the West was striving to build European security with Russia and not against it.
The relations between Russia and the EU, as well as the United States, have deteriorated following the the reunification of Russia with Crimea.
The European Union has been cooperating with NATO on the issue of the region's security, recently allowing the placement of six new command and control units in Eastern Europe close to the Russian border. Russia has repeatedly voiced its concerns over the militarily buildup close to its borders.
