Lavrov spoke about the reaction of Tillerson to the question about the "facts" of Russia's intervention

According to her, during the international conference "Mediterranean Dialogues" the minister and the moderator of the event held a conversation on the topic of "interference" of Russia in the affairs of Western states.

According to Lavrov, Moscow is trying to build relationships with partners on the basis of mutual respect.

At the same time, as the head of the department added, despite the desire of some countries to normalize the dialogue with Moscow, Western capitals continue to put forward contradictory conditions regarding the fact that Russia must admit "involvement" in the incidents in Salisbury, Amesbury, interference not yet. "

Lavrov also noted that Moscow still did not receive from the dialogue partners any evidence of its “involvement” in the incidents mentioned.

"In response, we hear:" No, no, we will not give you anything. First, it is secret information, and secondly, you yourself know that you did it. ” I am not kidding. So said (former US Secretary of State. - RT ) Rex Tillerson, when I asked him to clarify his statement about the "undeniable facts" of our "interference" in the elections. " He laughed and said: “Ask your special services. They know what I mean, ”he said.

As Lavrov clarified, a similar position was taken in Finland after the situation around the work of GPS during NATO exercises.

The minister expressed his misunderstanding about why Europeans do not turn to Moscow directly in order to get an answer to their concerns, but use opportunities to the media and replicate the information received.

“Why is this all in the first place addressed to the press? If you have any concerns, then polite people ask questions directly in such a case: “I don’t like what I heard, could you explain it?” He concluded.

On November 11, Finnish Prime Minister Juha Sipilä stated that in the north of the country, during a NATO exercise, GPS malfunctioned. He allowed the possibility of "Russian intervention."

It was also reported that US President Donald Trump relayed the answers to the written questions of Special Prosecutor Robert Muller, who is conducting an investigation into “Russian interference” in the 2016 US election.