Lavrov accuses the West, China holds back and calls for dialogue

China continues on the line of pragmatism regarding the war in Ukraine and, from the stage of the United Nations, appeals to Moscow and Kiev to prevent the conflict from spreading and to resume dialogue as soon as possible, while Russian Foreign Minister

attacks the West head-on: accusing the

of being a "

" and the

of being an

that interferes in the internal affairs of other countries, such as the elections in Italy.

"We call on the warring parties in Ukraine to prevent the conflict from spreading and to protect the legitimate rights and interests of developing countries," Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said in his speech in New York, reiterating the the need to start "fair and pragmatic peace talks" as soon as possible.

China "supports every effort to reach a peaceful solution", underlined the Beijing representative, calling for a resumption of dialogue.

"The priority is the safety of both parties involved", insisted Wang, who on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly had an interview - for the first time since the February 24 invasion - with the Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba. .

A significant meeting for the representative of a country that until some time ago was Vladimir Putin's closest ally, and which had made Washington fear that he would take the field by sending weapons to Russian forces in Ukraine.

But, since the Samarkand summit, Beijing has begun to distance itself from the Kremlin.

The speech by Serghiei Lavrov, who unleashed all the classics of Moscow rhetoric at the UN, was of a completely different tone.

"

", he attacked by labeling it as "grotesque".

"Instead of dialogue we must face the disinformation and lies of the West that undermine trust in international laws and institutions", he added, suggesting that Russia will continue straight on its way starting with the referendums for annexation that are taking place. taking place in the Ukrainian territories.

 "They are based on a request from the local government, the conditions have been published and Russia will respect the expression of the will of the people of those territories, who have long suffered from the abuses of the Nazi regime," he reiterated in the final press conference with the yet another thrust against the government of Kiev.

Even on the nuclear threat, the Russian minister claimed that it was Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky who spoke first, "long before the start of the special military operation".

"Nobody remembers that in January Zelensky said that it was a grave mistake for Ukraine to give up nuclear weapons when the Soviet Union was dissolving," he told the press on the sidelines of the Assembly.

Finally, the attack on the United States and Europe, with Brussels on the one hand "subjugated by the dictatorship" of Washington, on the other it is itself "a dictatorial entity".

In particular, the Russian minister referred to the statements of the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen on the elections in Italy.

"It is up to them to answer but I do not remember such threats from other EU leaders," Lavrov accused.

"The European Union is becoming a dictatorial entity".