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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov & US Secretary of State Antony Blinken' Statements At OSCE

Title:- Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov & US Secretary of State Antony Blinken' Statements At OSCE Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken gave statements during annual security meeting in Malta, both accusing the West & the East respectively of risking escalation in the war in Ukraine. Both were Speaking at the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) ministerial meeting in Ta’Qali on 05 December. Sergey Lavrov accused the West of reviving the Cold War and provoking a direct conflict with Russia. Lavrov said the US actions were driven by a desire to “return NATO to the political spotlight”. “After the Afghan disgrace, there was a need for a new common enemy,” Lavrov said during his first stop in an European Nation since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Lavrov walked out before US Secretary of State Blinken and other speakers could respond to his remarks. With a different perspective, Anotony Blinken put the blame for escalation in the region on Russia, noting that the Russian foreign minister, the fourth speaker, did not stick around to listen to other speakers. “Let’s talk about escalation,” Blinken said, citing the deployment of North Korean forces in Europe, the use of an intermediate-range ballistic missile to attack Ukraine, Russia’s move to lower the threshold for the use of nuclear weapons, and relentless attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure. “Mr Lavrov spoke about the sovereign right of every member state to make their own choices,” Blinken said. “That’s exactly what this is about: the sovereign right of Ukraine and the Ukrainian people to make their own choices about the future, not to have those choices made in and by Moscow.” The 57-nation security body OSCE was formed amid the Cold War, but has been largely paralysed since Moscow invaded Ukraine, with Russia vetoing major decisions that require unanimous consent of member states.