“Talk to Blinky? Maybe, When I Have the Time,” says Lavrov

There are very few nations now, who jump when the US calls. Russia is not one of them.

I think it’s called a ‘loss of prestige’. Anyway, when the US Secretary of State’s office called to request a phone call with Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, on Thursday July 28, 2022, ‘the minister has a busy schedule’ is the answer they received.

These seekers of Lavrov’s telephonic presence are probably too thick-skinned and enamoured by their own hubris to recognise that answer as an embarrassing put-down. But that is exactly what it is. ‘Busy schedule’ or not, you pick up the phone for a friend – not that that in any way represents this particular situation. But you also, from a position of politeness, make time for talking with a respected adversary, competitor or opponent. And it is that last statement (of mine, I hasten to add) which tells the world exactly where the US government stands in the estimation of the Russian government.

Pretty shrewd people those Russians.

“‘Busy’ Lavrov will consider US request – Moscow” – RT

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