Lavrov and Blinken trade blame for Ukraine war escalation at OSCE meeting in Malta

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The visit marked Lavrov’s first visit to an EU member country since the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 but the foreign ministers of Ukraine, Poland and Estonia walked out of the room during his speech.

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00:00Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has clashed indirectly with U.S. Secretary of

00:06State Antony Blinken at the OSCE security meeting in Malta.

00:12Lavrov accused the West of reviving the Cold War and provoking a direct conflict with Russia.

00:18He said U.S. actions were driven by a desire to return NATO to the political spotlight.

00:23Blinken, who spoke after Lavrov left the room, put the blame for escalation in the region

00:28back on Russia.

00:30He cited the deployment of North Korean forces in Europe, the use of an intermediate-range

00:35ballistic missile to attack Ukraine and Russian attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure.

00:42The foreign ministers of Ukraine, Poland and Estonia walked out of the room when Lavrov

00:46started speaking.

00:48Before leaving the podium, Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andriy Sebeya called Lavrov a war

00:53criminal.

00:58This is Lavrov's first visit to an EU member country since the invasion of Ukraine in February

01:032022.

01:05It's been relatively rare for Lavrov to attend forums involving senior Western officials,

01:10although he recently took part in the UN General Assembly and the G20 summit in Brazil.

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