Lavrov strongly rejected the call for the withdrawal of Russian forces from Ukraine

The European Union’s foreign affairs chief, Josep Borrell, said today, Friday, that Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov strongly rejected the call for the withdrawal of Russian forces from Ukraine.

He said there was a controversy in the ASEAN forum about Russia and Ukraine.

Borrell demanded that Russia withdraw its forces from Ukraine.

Borrell said he asked Lavrov to withdraw troops from Ukraine, but he responded aggressively and considered what was happening a “Western conspiracy”.

Two days ago, Lavrov stressed that the armed confrontation in Ukraine will continue until the West abandons its plans to control and defeat Moscow.

Lavrov said in an interview with the Indonesian newspaper Kompas published on Wednesday that the goal of the West, led by the United States, is to consolidate its global hegemony, according to Reuters.

In the interview, which was published on the website of the Russian Foreign Ministry, he added: “Why does the armed confrontation in Ukraine not end? The answer is very simple – it will continue until the West abandons its plans to maintain its hegemony and overcomes its obsessive desire to inflict a strategic defeat on Russia at the hands of puppets in Kiev.” “.

While he added that “at the present time, there are no indications of any change in this position.”