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Russia: ‘Unreliable’ US damaging the world

October 16, 2017 at 2:05 pm

Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov [Sefa Karacay/Anadolu Agency]

Russian Foreign Minsiter Sergey Lavrov has hit out at US President Donald Trump’s decision to decertify the Iran nuclear deal, saying that Washington could not be trusted which will make North Korea think twice about striking a deal with the US.

Speaking at the World Festival of Youth and Students in Sochi today, Lavrov told delegates that the withdrawal of the US from the Iran nuclear deal are damaging the already bad situation in the world.

Lavrov leapt on Trump’s decertification of the dal and Washington’s approach towards North Korea to condemn the US saying that it was “pursuing solely it’s own geopolitical goals, which harms joint work”.

Accusing Washington of wanting to “benefit” from crises and conflict, Lavrov took aim at recent US policies in the region saying that the “use of military force by avoiding the UN Security Council, application of unilateral sanctions and exterritorial use of national law, seriously undermined the authority of the national law.”

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The Russian official further condemned Trump’s decision saying: “Two years ago, an agreement was reached on the Iranian nuclear programme and it was approved by the UN Security Council, the whole world welcomed it. Now Washington is withdrawing from it.”

“The US decision on Iran,” added Lavrov, “showed their unreliability and, thus, there is no reason for North Korea to negotiate with them.”