Foreign minister of Russia calls West ’empire of lies’

Moscow responded on Saturday after a week of discussions about Russia’s war in Ukraine at the UN General Assembly. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov spoke to the delegates and the international press, criticizing the West and calling it an “empire of lies. ”

Lavrov said that many speakers before him have talked about how our planet is changing and a new world order is starting to form.

The future is being shaped by a fight between the majority of the world who want a fairer sharing of wealth and cultural differences, and a small group using neocolonial tactics to stay in power.

Lavrov wouldn’t have been the first person this week to say that old ways of governing the world are slowing down progress on fair treatment for the environment and the economy. But his main concern was about the Western supporters of Ukraine and NATO – a group of countries that came together after World War II to protect Western nations from the Soviet Union.

As the war between Russia and Ukraine carries on, and Western countries like the US and UK provide military aid to Kyiv, Lavrov cautioned that he sees them as being “in a direct war” with Russia.

Lavrov said that we can call this a mix of different types of warfare, but the fact remains the same. He also added that they are actively fighting against us, using the Ukrainians as tools.

Lavrov rejected a peace plan suggested by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky because he believed it couldn’t work.

The plan does not include giving Ukrainian land to Russia or giving up on Kyiv’s attempts to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, which are two issues that Moscow disagrees on.

The Russian Foreign Minister also said that Russia would not go back to the Black Sea grain deal because they felt they had been tricked.

Lavrov said the reason we left the deal was that all the things promised to us were lies.

Russia stopped following the agreement made by the UN in July. They had been saying for a while that they were not able to sell enough of their own food. The previously cancelled agreement enabled Ukraine to send grain overseas using ships, despite Russia’s efforts to block their access. This was important because Ukraine needed to sell grain to international markets.

The UN was formed in the 1940s and it still reflects an older time. The five permanent members of the UN Security Council have more power than they should. However, Russia is one of the five powerful countries known as the P5. Russia has gained a lot from the current system, particularly by blocking decisions concerning its conflict in Ukraine.

Ukraine wants to make changes to the UN. They believe that Russia should lose its power to veto decisions and get kicked out of the organization. Ukraine thinks Russia broke an important rule by taking over part of another country’s land.