Russia on Wednesday
responded disparagingly to President Barack Obama’s annual State of the Union
address, claiming it showed that the United States wanted to dominate
world affairs.
“Americans have set a course for confrontation,” Russian Foreign
Minister Sergei Lavrov told reporters.
“Obama’s address yesterday shows that there’s just one thing at the
heart of [their] philosophy: ‘We are number one’ and the rest should
acknowledge that.”
“This is a bit out of date and does not correspond to modern
realities,” Russia’s
top diplomat added in televised remarks.
“It shows that the United States
wants to dominate the world,” he said, adding that “being first among
equals” was not enough for Washington.
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Source: The Jakarta Post
