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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