Europe’s engagement in talks with Russia served as diplomatic smokescreen — Lavrov

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov criticized Europe's engagement in talks with Russia as a diplomatic smokescreen, while highlighting NATO and EU expansion towards Russia's borders. This rhetoric underscores ongoing geopolitical tensions between Russia, NATO, and the EU amid eastern Europe security concerns.

Russian Foreign Minister noted that NATO and the European Union are expanding eastwards, right up to Russia's borders