Lise Truss. File photoLONDON, Feb 9British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss is flying to Moscow on Wednesday for talks, the first visit by a British foreign minister to Russia in more than four years, the Foreign Office reports. against Ukraine. This is the first visit by a British Foreign Secretary to Russia in more than four years,» the message reads.Britain wants to resume dialogue with Russia, ambassador to London says Truss is expected to hold talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during the two-day trip. The main topic of discussion will be the situation around Ukraine. «She will insist that Russia fulfill its obligations under the signed international agreements, including the OSCE Helsinki Final Act, the Minsk agreements and the Budapest Memorandum, which guarantee the independence and sovereignty of Ukraine,» the statement says. message. Russia has repeatedly stated that it is not a party to the conflict in Ukraine and the subject of the Minsk agreements on the settlement. Before the visit, Truss herself said that the UK was determined to vigorously defend the freedom and independence of Ukraine, adding that Russia «should not doubt the strength of the response» in the event escalation of the situation. «Russia has a choice. We urge them to ease tensions and choose the path of diplomacy,» Truss said. Truss's visit comes amid the introduction of amendments to a bill in the British Parliament last week that is intended to tighten the sanctions regime against Russia. According to Truss herself, this is the toughest sanctions regime in history that has ever been applied against Russia. However, if the law is approved, the sanctions will not come into force automatically, they will be introduced if the British side considers that Russia has “invaded” Ukraine. no one is threatened, and all such statements are used as an excuse to deploy more NATO military equipment near Russian borders. As Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said earlier, Russia does not create any pretexts for a conflict situation around Ukraine. According to him, Russia does not rule out that the hysteria around Ukraine, hyped by the West, is aimed at covering Kiev's line of sabotaging the Minsk agreements on Donbass. According to the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov, the information hysteria of the USA and NATO on Ukraine is generously framed by lies and fakes. In addition, the Russian Federation has repeatedly stated that it is counterproductive to talk to it in the language of sanctions.
The British Foreign Office announced the preparation of the «toughest» sanctions against Russia
