In the United States, "poverty is at every turn," Lavrov said

There are enough problems in the United States of America, poverty is observed at every step outside the central areas. This was stated by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at a press conference on the results of Russian diplomacy in 2024.

"Probably, what we see and what we have seen during many international events, for example, during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation [summit], which was in San Francisco, the United States has a lot of problems, there is poverty at every step, if you get off the central highways," he said., quoted by TASS.