Lavrov attributed Boarse to “sincere confession” that the EU is fighting against Russia. Borrel did not say that

Sergey Lavrov in an interview with the radio stations "Sputnik", "Says Moscow" and "Komsomolskaya Pravda" said :

“From a series of sincere confessions: <...> Borrel, which sometimes breaks revelations in the form of a flowering garden surrounded by the jungle, recently stated:“ We are fighting not for Ukraine, but against Russia ”. There are a lot of such statements. ”

Where Lavrov got this quote, he did not explain. It was impossible to find the head of European diplomacy in the head of European diplomacy. But the statement was found exactly the opposite:

“We are not fighting against Russia, we protect Ukraine. And protecting Ukraine means protecting the international order based on the rules. Otherwise, it will be the law of the jungle. ”

True, this was said in May 2022. Maybe since then the opinion of the Boral and the EU position have changed?

But in April 2024, he, urging the EU states to create a mechanism for financing the European Defense Agency, spoke only about the possibility of war in an indefinite future:

“Russia threatens Europe. The war will not begin tomorrow, but we cannot deny reality. <...> The war is definitely approaching us. The highly intensive conventional war in Europe has ceased to be a fantasy. ”

True, in a recent interview with CNN, Borrel said that the West supports Ukraine not only from sympathy for it, but also because it is in its interests, obviously, referring to the interest in maintaining the very order based on the rules. What these words definitely do not have is the allegation that Europe and the West are participating in the war with Russia:

“As you know, the United States is interested in supporting Ukraine. Otherwise, it will be a carte blanche for Russia-and we know what will happen then: recall Crimea, recall Syria. We will not be able to allow Russia to win this war, otherwise the interests of the United States and Europe will cause great damage. This is not just a matter of generosity, we support Ukraine not only out of love for the Ukrainian people, it is in our own interests. It also meets the interests of the United States as a global player who should be perceived as a reliable partner ensuring the security of the allies. ”

As for the metaphor with the garden and the jungle, then Lavrov recalled the performance of the Bo -Road at the European Diplomatic Academy in Bruges in October 2022:

“Europe is a garden. We created the garden. Everything works. This is the best combination of political freedom, economic prosperity and social cohesion that humanity was able to build - three things together. <...>

The rest of the world is not quite a garden. Most of the rest of the world is a jungle, and the jungle can invade the garden. Gardeners should take care of this, but do not protect the garden with the construction of the walls. A small beautiful garden, surrounded by high walls, will not be a solution to prevent the penetration of the jungle. Because the jungle has strong growth potential and the wall will never be high enough to protect the garden.

The gardeners will have to go to the jungle. Europeans need to interact with the rest of the world much more actively. Otherwise, the rest of the world will invade here in different ways and means.

Yes, this is my most important message: we should more actively interact with the rest of the world. ”

After that, they began to blame the fighter with arrogantly to the non -European peoples, to which he answered :

“Some mistakenly interpreted this metaphor as“ colonial Eurocentrism ”. I am sorry if someone felt offended.

My mention of the “jungle” does not have racist, cultural or geographical subtext. Unfortunately, there is a “jungle” everywhere, including today in Ukraine. ”