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Russia warns of new iron curtain being stretched across Europe

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei hold a press conference in Minsk on Thursday (30/6/2022). Photo/Belta/RIA Novosti

MINSK – A new “Iron Curtain” is being stretched across Europe, this time by Western powers seeking to bypass Russia and Belarus over the conflict in Ukraine.

The statement was made by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov when he met Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei in Minsk on Thursday (30/6/2022).

Lavrov said a new “Iron Curtain” is being stretched between Moscow and the West amid the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine.

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“As far as the Iron Curtain is concerned … it’s basically gone down,” Lavrov told reporters during a news conference in the Belarusian capital, Minsk.

Lavrov said the European Union (EU) destroyed relations with Moscow, built over decades, practically overnight.

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Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei added, “The Iron Curtain is now being erected by the Westerners themselves.”

He clarified that he was referring not only to the severing of political and economic contacts, but also to the physical barriers erected along the Polish-Belarusian border.

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