The scenario of the crisis in Ukraine was coined abroad, and then it was turned in Kiev. And acted openly, without trying even to somehow hide their intentions. This is the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told the Italian edition of Panorama. "The internal political crisis in Ukraine was inspired from the outside by a group of Western states led by the United States, who consider the whole world to be a sphere of their influence, aimed at exclusiveness, dividing peoples into their own and others', Lavrov said, whose interview is on the website of the Russian Foreign Ministry. As an example, the minister cited the actions of the EU member states, who first acted as mediators in the settlement of the conflict between the legally elected Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovich and the opposition who disagreed with his policy. "Germany, Poland and France, witnessed in February 2014. agreement on the settlement of the crisis between the government and the opposition, instantly abandoned their guarantees under this document as soon as the radicals trampled it, "Lavrov said.. In his opinion, such actions are very indicative. Like the position of the North Atlantic alliance: "Before the coup, NATO called on the incumbent president of Ukraine not to use the army against the protesters, after the coup d'etat changed the tone dramatically and began calling on the unlawfully seized power of the putschists to use force against regions that do not agree with them," recalled the head of Russian diplomacy. At the same time, it is clear to everyone that "in this plot there is nothing pro-Ukrainian," the course of the West is absolutely anti-Russian. As a result, the Ukrainian statehood, "never so different in strength", is brought to a collapse, Lavrov said.. And this is not the only example of the destructive line of behavior of a number of Western capitals, in particular Washington, London and other.

Missile strikes against Syria, inflicted by the United States, Britain and France on April 14, already played into the hands of terrorists and adversely affected international and regional stability. "Such irresponsible behavior is fraught with the most serious consequences for global security," Lavrov warned..

As RIA FAN reports, on Thursday, May 3, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will meet in Sochi with his counterpart from Jordan Ayman al-Safadi. Ministers intend to discuss the situation in Syria and the prospects for Russian-Jordanian cooperation.