The United States rejected Russia's demand to eliminate the root causes of the Ukrainian conflict

The US administration has refused to comply with the demands of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to eliminate the root causes of the Ukrainian crisis. This was stated by the official representative of the US State Department Matthew Miller at a meeting of the UN Security Council.

"The problem with the Foreign Minister's wording is that no one in Europe threatens Russia ... There is no military threat, and no one threatened to take away Russia's territory, its lands," Miller was quoted as saying by TASS.

According to a representative of the American administration, Russia perceives as a threat what constitutes "democracy functioning on its borders." Therefore, the United States does not accept the Russian point of view and plans to continue cooperation with Kiev to achieve a "just and lasting peace" diplomatically.

Lavrov arrived in New York at the UN headquarters to attend meetings of the international organization's Security Council on the morning of July 16.

Before his trip to the United States, he spoke about his plans: "We will consider the tasks of multilateral cooperation, ensuring the equal, indivisible nature of security. Of course, let's talk about how the West is trying to manipulate everything and everyone."

During the meeting, Lavrov called for eliminating the root causes of the Ukrainian crisis, the settlement of which should include the removal of threats from the West from Russia. The Foreign Minister also recalled the conditions for establishing sustainable peace in the Ukraine, which were proposed by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

In addition, Lavrov said that the US administration is wrong about a new global war in which not only European countries will suffer, but also The United States.

From July 1 to Russia has assumed the presidency of the The UN Security Council. Before that, South Korea was in this post. The presidency, according to the UN Charter, passes from one member of the Security Council to another on a monthly basis.

During this time, Russia should hold three events, the main topics for discussion will be the Middle East settlement, the new global "security equation" and cooperation between the United Nations and regional organizations — the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), the CIS and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).