She noted that everyone who knows the map of Europe is aware of the importance of Russia. And in this case, according to Zakharova, we are talking not only about geography, but also about energy, economy, security and the humanitarian sphere.

"That is, the logic prevailed that without Russia, it makes no sense to discuss the problems of the European continent from the point of view of security and cooperation," TASS quoted Zakharova as saying.

Earlier, Zakharova said that Western foreign ministers during the OSCE meeting in North Macedonia talked about nonsense.