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Borrell Conducts 'Diplomacy of Persecution' Against Russian Delegation in Africa: Foreign Ministry
Borrell Conducts 'Diplomacy of Persecution' Against Russian Delegation in Africa: Foreign Ministry
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The head of the European Union's foreign policy service, Josep Borrell, is conducting "persecution diplomacy" against the Russian delegation in Africa. This was stated the Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova.
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The head of the European Union's foreign policy service, Josep Borrell, is conducting "persecution diplomacy" against the delegation of the Russian Foreign Ministry in Africa, the official representative of the diplomatic body, Maria Zakharova, said on air on Sputnik radio on Wednesday.Zakharova also noted that the Russian side manages to execute its foreign policy goals without the EU, while drawing attention to the "arrogance and hatred" with which Borrell's comments are made regarding the ongoing tour of the Russian delegation.Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov paid his first working visit to Mali on Tuesday. In the country's capital, Bamako, the diplomat held talks with his Malian counterpart Abdoulaye Diop and interim President Assimi Goita. They discussed the economic relations between the two countries and the need for their development, the problems of security and terrorism, as well as participation in the Russia-Africa summit.At a press conference in Bamako, the head of Russian diplomacy said that Moscow sees how negatively the West regards the strengthening of relations between Russia and Mali and that such a reaction violates the principles of equality in terms of international relations. He also noted that the former colonizers should forget how they conquered the African continent – because the world has changed.In his turn, Mali's foreign minister said that his country does not need to justify its cooperation with Russia to anybody.After traveling to Mali, Russia's foreign minister arrived in Mauritania, and is planning to visit Sudan next.In January, Lavrov conducted another Africa tour, encompassing South Africa, Eswatini, Angola, and Eritrea. At a press conference in Massawa, Eritrea, he said that during the trip, pro-Western media tried to cover his visits "in a twisted, distorted way".In December 2022, Borrel claimed that Africans who showed their support for Russia did not even know who Vladimir Putin was or where Donbass was located. In response, the Russian president noted that Africa knows about Russia's location and its role in the process of liberation from colonialism.
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Borrell Conducts 'Diplomacy of Persecution' Against Russian Delegation in Africa: Foreign Ministry
13:12 GMT 08.02.2023 (Updated: 17:05 GMT 12.04.2023) Earlier, Josep Borrell, the head of EU diplomacy, called Mali and Eritrea "easy countries" for Russia to "spread lies." The statement was made during Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's African tour, which included the aforementioned countries.
The head of the European Union's foreign policy service, Josep Borrell, is conducting "persecution diplomacy" against the delegation of the Russian Foreign Ministry in Africa, the official representative of the diplomatic body, Maria Zakharova, said on air on Sputnik radio on Wednesday.
"Literally on the heels, at every step, the European Union, NATO and the United States of America, but first of all Borrell – I think this is part of his job – they just really persecute the Russian delegation in terms of information, and then in practical terms," she said.
Zakharova also noted that the Russian side manages to execute its foreign policy goals without the EU, while drawing attention to the "arrogance and hatred" with which Borrell's comments are made regarding the ongoing tour of the Russian delegation.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov
paid his first working visit to Mali on Tuesday. In the country's capital, Bamako, the diplomat held talks with his Malian counterpart Abdoulaye Diop and interim President Assimi Goita. They discussed the economic relations between the two countries and the need for their development, the problems of security and terrorism, as well as participation in the Russia-Africa summit.
At a press conference in Bamako, the head of Russian diplomacy said that Moscow sees how negatively the West regards the strengthening of relations between Russia and Mali and that such a reaction violates the principles of equality in terms of international relations. He also noted that the former colonizers should forget how they conquered the African continent – because the world has changed.
In his turn, Mali's foreign minister said that his country does not need to justify its cooperation with Russia to anybody.
After traveling to Mali, Russia's foreign minister
arrived in Mauritania, and is planning to visit Sudan next.
3 February 2023, 10:57 GMT
In January, Lavrov
conducted another Africa tour, encompassing South Africa, Eswatini, Angola, and Eritrea. At a press conference in Massawa, Eritrea
, he said that during the trip, pro-Western media
tried to cover his visits "in a twisted, distorted way".
In December 2022, Borrel
claimed that Africans who showed their support for Russia did not even know who Vladimir Putin was or where Donbass was located. In response, the Russian president
noted that Africa knows about Russia's location and its role in the process of liberation from colonialism.
