On October 2, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, speaking at the XVI annual meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club, said that the United States " is putting pressure on the Orthodox Churches in the Middle East and North Africa, demanding that they recognize the new church entity in Ukraine.
On October 2, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, speaking at the XVI annual meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club, said that the United States " is putting pressure on the Orthodox Churches in the Middle East and North Africa, demanding that they recognize the new church entity in Ukraine. This is reported by UNN citing the TASS news agency.
“So far, none of the Orthodox Churches has recognized these decisions (on the establishment of the OCU), which are absolutely politically motivated for known reasons,” Lavrov said. “We know for sure that the Americans put pressure on the Orthodox Churches in the Middle East and North Africa, and when they do not see a voluntary desire to obey, they try to threaten and even split individual Orthodox Churches.”