Russian Foreign Minister: Russia 'ready' to break ties with EU

15:59, 12.02.2021

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Friday that Russia was prepared to break off relations with the European Union if it continued with planned sanctions.

Lavrov was asked: “Are we heading towards a break with the EU?” in a snippet of an interview by the Solovyov-life program published on its Telegram channel and shared by the Foreign Ministry.

Russian Foreign Minister responded that Russia was ready to do so in the event that sanctions are imposed in areas that create risks for Russia’s economy.

“We proceed from the fact that we’re ready [for that]. In the event that we again see sanctions imposed in some sectors that create risks for our economy, including in the most sensitive spheres,” Lavrov said, as reported by Deutsche Welle.

“We don’t want to isolate ourselves from global life, but we have to be ready for that. If you want peace then prepare for war,” he said.

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