Russian diplomacy on Friday, June 24, condemned the decision of the Twenty-Seven to grant Ukraine and Moldova EU candidate status, viewing it as a geopolitical maneuver against Moscow with full-scale offensive actions against its Ukrainian neighbor.
This decisionaffirms that the geopolitical monopoly of the space of the CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States, which unites several countries of the former USSR, editor) is actively continuing to contain Russia;said the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova. The European decision was made four months after the start of the Russian offensive against the Ukrainian neighbor, which aims, in particular, to end Ukraine’s rapprochement with the West.
According to Maria Zakharova, the EU aims to “to establish relations with neighboring marzes on a master-slave basis“. He claimed that Brussels was using “methods of political and economic blackmailand pressured candidate countries to takeillegal sanctionsAgainst Moscow. “This aggressive approach of the European Union has the potential to create new divisions and much deeper crises in Europe.“, he continued.
Accuses the EU of wanting to start a war
Earlier, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was more measured. “It is an internal European affair.“, he stated, noting, however, that heimportant“that”All these processes do not cause more problems for Russia“. For his part, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov considered that the membership of Ukraine and Moldova does not represent “no riskFor Russia, since the EU is not a military alliance, and reminded that President Vladimir Putin said he had no objection.
But he also used bellicose language, accusing the EU and NATO of wanting to wage war on Russia, as the Nazis did in their day. “Hitler had rallied most of Europe under his banner to wage war against the Soviet UnionHe said during his visit to Azerbaijan. “Today, the EU and NATO are assembling such a modern coalition to fight and largely wage war against Russia.“, he added: Moscow views the supply of Western weapons to Ukraine as a means of waging a proxy conflict against Russia.
The 27 leaders recognized Ukraine and Moldova, the two western ex-Soviet republics, as EU candidates at a summit on Thursday. This decision marks the beginning of a long and complicated process towards membership. Georgia, which also wants to join the EU, still needs to implement reforms to get this status. A large-scale demonstration of the European aspirations of this Caucasian country is scheduled for Friday evening in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia.
Source: Le Figaro
