Russian FM calls talks with UK counterpart 'disappointing'

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has described his talks with British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss as "disappointing." Moscow and western countries have been seeking diplomatic ways to tackle a standoff on the Ukraine issue. The talks came as Russia and Belarus began joint military drills on Thursday.

[kerrywangnao]

I don't understand why the UK/USA has the right to order Russia not to station her military base in her own land

[theonlynoob]

Lavrov asked: Does Britain recognise Russia's sovereignty over Rostov and Voronezh oblasts? To which Truss replied that Britain would never recognise Russian sovereignty before the UK ambassador to Russia informed her that those two were not a part of Ukraine, but instead were in Russia.

This sums up the whole meeting. Truss has no understanding of Russia and was given a simple fool's test by Lavrov to see if she is there to talk, or make a political statement, a test which Truss failed spectacularly.

[catonpillow]

Talking with the U$/UK is pretty pointless. They never honor their agreements.

[pbworld]

Disappointing???!!! Please don't hold back. Lavrov said it was like talking to a deaf person and that Truss came totally unprepared.

[janlampert]

Back in 80' when taking a holiday in Yugoslavia I was actually shocked, when local guy addressed English and American tourists as stupid. Today, 40 years later, I can understand his comment.

[TimurDavletshin]

She just ignored all of the questions and reiterated her stupid statements again and again. Even more, she showed COMPLETE lack of knowledge when refused to recognize Russian sovereignty over Rostov and Voronezh. British ambassador had to remind her that indeed Lavrov was talking about sovereign Russian territory 😄... OMG, this is new level of diplomacy. Remind me, where did she get her education?

[zhangqian]

The FM of the UK is a big laughing stock!

[winstonsmith-ministryoftru]

Can someone please explain to me why on Earth she even went there in the first place? This was such a monumental embarrassment of colossal magnitude!

[edmondakong]

She went to read out memorized lines given to her. She has no knowledge of the affairs whatsoever. Embarrassing.

[hylimm]

Lol going to Russia to lecture them. She is only posturing to the world medias but not addressing the issues mainly for NATO to butt out of Ukraine!

[mickytan]

Russia should start exporting its nuclear arsenal to Cuba, and Venezuela, for the US to experience what Russia is going through now.

[syedmehdi]

Frankly, i haven't seen such an unconvincing FM of UK ever or of any other country.
I was shocked to a point.

[olga]

She is more concerned with her "iron" image than diplomacy. Poor choice for the UK this woman, poor and embarrassing.

[edwinhidalgo]

Poor Lizzie. Her Geography is equivalent to primary school

[Gi-Home]

Sad to hear the bellicose nonsense from the UK foreign secretary, Monty Pythonish performance that is completely unsuitable for diplomacy. One can only feel sorry for the British people to be lead by such miserable failures.

[МихаилСтупин-лм]

Can't help but feel sorry for Lavrov. After all, he has the "pleasure" of dealing with these raving imperialist lunatics on a daily basis.

[danielliaw]

UK just going downhill with the current administrations

[jocheah]

The British still fancy the old imperial days when it’s today a small wet island. Britain fueling of war and not recognizing NATO expansion is disgraceful.

[markmonoko]

how could you expect anything different and I'm quite surprised that Lavrov gave this UK foreign minister an opportunity and a chance to actually try to fix anything because I knew from the very beginning nothing was gonna happen and it was a complete waste of time.

[discoverchina]

Russia should have realised that talking with the west is useless, just continue your military buildup then everything will be fine🇨🇳🇷🇺