On the 18th local time, Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov held an annual video press conference to answer reporters’ questions on Russia’s diplomatic work and regional and international hot issues in 2020.
Speaking of the global fight against the pandemic, Lavrov said that the United States and its allies are trying to use the pandemic to put pressure on other countries and interfere in the internal affairs of other countries.
Western countries, led by the United States, ignored the calls of the Secretary-General of the United Nations and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
And did not even stop unilateral sanctions during the pandemic, prohibiting the supply of drugs, food and equipment necessary to some countries to fight the pandemic.