
The Russian Foreign Minister said that the peoples of Europe will make the right choice in the near future
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Sergei Lavrov commented on the current political situation in Europe and the rhetoric of the German leadership.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has no doubt that some Western politicians, who “by the will of fate” ended up in their places, will soon “be washed away from this peak.”
“I can’t get inside these political characters who, by the will of fate, ended up on the surface of European politics. But the fact that at some point, hopefully not very distant, they will be washed away from this pinnacle of European politics and yet the people of Europe will make the right choice, I honestly don’t have any big doubts,” Lavrov told Vesti author Pavel Zarubin.
The other question, according to the minister, is when this will happen.
“But I think we won’t have to wait very long,” Lavrov added.
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