At his joint press conference with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, media today asked Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov about the comments of Germany’s leaders, beginning with Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s announcement that Kiev is allowed to fire the West’s long-range missiles deep into Russia, as the Vice Chancellor quickly followed by a denial. Lavrov did not fail to draw the lawful conclusions. Here are some of his remarks as posted in English on the Foreign Ministry’s website:
“This statement by Mr. Merz once again highlights the level of competence of the people who have come to power in Europe. Yesterday, he made a grand statement to the effect that there would be no restrictions on the range of strikes from that day on and forever. He spoke not only for himself, but also for France, the United Kingdom, and the United States. An hour later, the Vice-Chancellor of Germany said that this matter had never been even discussed. Representatives of the Bundeswehr had the same to say. Mr. Merz apparently figured out what it was that he had said, and said that he was not talking about a new decision, but rather a decision made by the previous Berlin administration.
“This once again leads us to the conclusion that the decision to let Ukraine do whatever it wants—at least within certain limits—regarding strikes on targets in Russia, had been made long ago. It was simply kept secret,” he concluded.
After further comments about the visit of French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot and the lies about Ukrainian democracy from European Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos, Lavrov said these things are interconnected, and key is “that Europe has once again found itself a Nazi banner in order to embark on yet another disastrous and dead-end adventure of trying to inflict a strategic defeat on Russia. Having just marked the 80th anniversary of defeating Hitler’s Nazism, it is rather telling for us to hear the German leader say that Germany will reclaim its position as the leading military power in Europe. Apparently, history taught these people nothing.”
