The head of Iranian diplomacy, Hosein Amir Abdolahianvisited this Wednesday in Moscow his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrovat a time when the West points to his country as one of the arms suppliers of Russia. Specifically, they are accused of supplying the Eurasian country with drones shahed-136which would be used during massive attacks against civilian infrastructure in Ukrainelike those in December in different parts of kyiv, far from the eastern front of the country.
These accusations have been denied by both Iran and Russia, which affirms that these attacks were carried out with domestically manufactured Guerán drones. During the meeting, Iranian Foreign Minister blamed the West for “complicating the situation” when sending weapons to Ukraine. “We are willing to continue the efforts to establish peace, tranquility and the end of the war at the level of presidents and foreign ministers, we trust that optimal results will be achieved in this direction,” added the head of Iranian diplomacy. Abdolahian affirmed that his country welcomes “any initiative that favors a peaceful solution.” Before going to the Eurasian country, he met with the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, with whom he discussed a “political solution” to the conflict.
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Russia returned the approach gesture valuing the “balanced posture and understanding of the true reasons” of the conflict in Ukraine, as noted by the Russian Foreign Minister. Lavrov shared his guest’s reproaches of the United States. “We looked again at the subversive line of the NATO countries, which have been involved in this conflict for a long time and are getting more and more involved, to the point that they cannot be more involved and that de facto fight alongside kyiv“, he asserted.
He also had criticism for his American counterpart, Antony Blinken, according to which a ceasefire in Ukraine would favor Russia, something that cannot be allowed. “What is this superficial analysis based on?” Lavrov questioned, assuming that “the West does not want to stop this war, it has geopolitical interests in this war, especially from the point of view of attempts to eliminate the competitor at the international level in the figure of Russia“, in addition to adding that his country “has always been ready” to negotiate with Ukraine, but believes that kyiv is not willing to do so. During the meeting they also discussed the possibility of facilitating travel between both countries for their respective citizens, something that is not easy when Iranians or Russians want to travel to the European Union or the United States.