(13 Feb 2025)
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Moscow, Russsia – 13 February 2025
1. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Tajik Foreign Minister Sirojiddin Muhriddin signing documents
2. Pan from Lavrov and Muhriddin to reporters
3. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Sergey Lavrov, Russian Foreign Minister:
"I was struck by the fact that the entire world has fallen into a kind of stupor and is viewing the telephone conversation that took place and the report of this telephone conversation as something out of the ordinary. I mean, this is what the Biden administration staff, led by their president, have brought themselves to."
4. Reporter asking question
5. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Sergey Lavrov, Russian Foreign Minister:
"And, judging by everything, judging by the surprise, by the stupor that the phone conversation between Trump and Putin caused, judging by everything – everything that is happening in Ukraine, everything that Zelenskyy’s Nazi regime is doing – the West has begun to perceive it as a given. This is exactly how we should communicate with Russia. That is probably why many in the West, starting with the leaders of the European Union, were stunned when a normal, basic conversation between two well-mannered, polite people took place."
6. Lavrov and Muhriddin shaking hands and leaving
STORYLINE:
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov spoke on Wednesday about the "stupor" caused by the news of a phone conversation between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin the day before.
Speaking at a joint briefing with his Tajik counterpart Sirojiddin Muhriddin, Lavrov said viewing that phone call as "something out of the ordinary" speaks to "what the Biden administration staff, led by their president, have brought themselves to."
Lavrov said the West had become used to communicating with Russia, using “the language of threats, sanctions” and supplying Ukraine with weapons.
“That is probably why many in the West, starting with the leaders of the European Union, were stunned when a normal, basic conversation between two well-mannered, polite people took place,” Lavrov said.
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