Moscow-Sana
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stressed that the United States is using the spread of the Corona pandemic to impose its own rules and increase pressure on countries with independent policy.
"Even during the spread of the epidemic, America and its allies did not stop trying to escalate the confrontation and use the current situation to impose their point of view and vision for the future regime they call the rules-based system," Sputnik quoted Lavrov as saying during a video conference of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization foreign ministers. The United States "invented these rules."
"At the same time, pressure is increasing on countries that pursue an independent path in foreign policy ... Baseless accusations are being launched against China and Russia, and calls to stop unilateral sanctions are being ignored while fighting the Corona virus ... these sanctions, which hinder humanitarian supplies of medicines," Lavrov said. Equipment and food. ”
It is noteworthy that the outbreak of the Corona virus pandemic, which threatens all of humanity, has not deterred the United States from completing its flagrant violations of international and humanitarian laws and continuing to impose its unjust and unilateral sanctions on Syria and several countries, such as Iran, Venezuela, Cuba, and others, against the backdrop of all calls to lift it immediately.