"Washington claims to be the sole sponsor of the Middle East settlement process, not embarrassed by the fact that it has long lost the neutrality and impartiality inherent in an honest broker," the minister said.
Lavrov stressed that instead of helping to restore the political horizon, the United States and the EU continue destructive attempts to replace real peace with some economic half-measures and promote Arab-Israeli normalization bypassing a just solution to the Palestinian problem and the Arab Peace Initiative.
On April 15, former US Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers said that the United States was losing its global influence due to the unification of other countries.
According to him, the deepening of ties between Washington's opponents threatens the United States not only with political, but also with economic problems.
The Central Command of the US Armed Forces announced the possible elimination in Syria of one of the leaders of the IG *, who planned terrorist attacks in the Middle East and Europe.
* "Islamic State" (IG, ISIS) - the organization is recognized as terrorist by the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation of 29.12.2014.