Russia appreciates Algeria's balanced position on Ukraine, Lavrov said

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Algerian Foreign Minister Ramtan Lamamra at the talks in AlgiersALGERIA, 10 May. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Russia appreciates Algeria's balanced position on Ukraine. occupies Algeria on Ukrainian issues within the framework of international organizations and, in general, within the framework of its foreign policy,» Lavrov said at a press conference. threatened to break the contract for the supply of gas to SpainRussia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. Russian President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, as of March 25, the Russian Armed Forces completed the main tasks of the first stage of the special operation — they significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was the liberation of Donbass. On April 19, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced the start of the next phase of the special operation. Volnovakha, a strategically important regional center south of Donetsk, and Mariupol, the largest city on the coast of the Sea of ​​Azov, have been liberated in the DPR. In the LPR, according to the RF Ministry of Defense, as of March 25, 93% of the former Luhansk region, within whose borders a republic was proclaimed in 2014, has been liberated.