China News Service, January 28 (Xinhua) According to comprehensive foreign media reports, on the 28th local time, Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov said that Russia does not want a war with Ukraine, but he stressed that Russia will not allow Western countries to ignore Russia's interests.
Data map: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Wang Xiujun
Lavrov also revealed that he expects to meet with U.S. Secretary of State Blinken in the coming weeks.
Recently, the deterioration of Russia-Ukraine relations has accelerated, and the two sides have deployed a large number of military personnel and equipment in the border areas of the two countries.
The United States, Ukraine and NATO allege that Russia has the potential of "invasion", which Russia has repeatedly denied.