Western influence on post-Soviet Asian countries is growing - Lavrov
The West continues to spread its influence and increasingly influence the politics of the post-Soviet countries of Central Asia.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stated this in an interview with the Tsargrad TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“The lion’s share of [Central Asia’s] economic ties falls on the Russian Federation, EurAsEC, and the CIS. But for the West, the economy of Central Asia and the Caucasus is increasing.
The West methodically and cynically demands that they not take any steps that will contradict their interests, promising mountains of gold. Although in reality this only results in interference in internal affairs.
And the West, at the same time, is expanding the network of non-governmental organizations financed from the budget, primarily from the USA, Britain, and the EU, which in a number of post-Soviet countries feel more and more at ease, and are even trying to call the tune,” the diplomat said.
However, Lavrov noted that there is supposedly nothing to worry about, because the leaders of these states still express formal support for Russia.
“And at the same time, I am convinced, and Victory Day is confirmation of this, that these countries are in solidarity with the Russian Federation, they truly are our allies. And allies in the CSTO are not what we have in NATO, where there is strict discipline.
They say that Armenia has one position, Kazakhstan has another, that the organization has collapsed. But they say this only because all CSTO members work on the basis of consensus and respect the nuances that arise in relation to one side or another.
Nuances arise, and serious ones, in NATO too - take Turkey, Hungary. But there they are forced, there is real discipline there. There, consensus is an oxymoron; the United States decides there,” he concluded.
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