Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov accused the West and the United States of attempting to eliminate Russia and China.
During a joint press conference with his Turkish counterpart, Mevlut Cavusoglu, on Friday in Ankara, Lavrov claimed that the Western media had a clear desire to "strategically defeat Russia" while revealing their goals of getting rid of competitors and abolishing any country that practices independent policies, by the Charter of the United Nations.