Meeting of President Comandante Daniel and Compañera Rosario, Vice President of Nicaragua, with Compañero Sergei Lavrov, Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation
April 19th 2023
Comment by Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov
I would like to convey to you the greetings of our President. We also congratulate you on the Day of Peace that you are celebrating today.
It has been a very important five years since 2018, and of course it is a great advance that Nicaragua's People have been able to defend their Right to Independence, to decide independently. So, we hope that all Nicaragua's development will be based on the decisions of the People and not on interference from outside.
Comment by Daniel
Thank you. We are pleased and very honored that you are here in Nicaragua, precisely today when we are commemorating the Day of Peace, which is no less than the Day on which we managed to deal another defeat to imperialist aggression.
And the European Union, the European Community issued a Statement accusing us that over this time we had committed crimes, that is, them wanting to dictate lessons. After we had given them approval of the European Union Ambassador's Placet , they were to have appointed him.
But, when they put out their Statement, through our Foreign Minister we issued a Declaration communicating that it is they who have been the ones who have caused the greatest damage to our Peoples, ever since they invaded all these regions, colonizing them, enslaving them, committing genocide against the Original Peoples, and who continue to commit genocide against our Peoples, so, in such circumstances, we withdrew the Place extended to the Ambassador.
Now, today the United States has sanctioned three judges, because they applied justice against terrorists. We already have hundreds of fellow funcionaries of the State who have been sanctioned, but that no longer causes fear or concern, to our compañeros who have been sanctioned.
Comment of Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov
People who have been sanctioned in Russia think this is a recognition of their progress in protecting Russia's interests.
Comment of Daniel
Indeed, the compañeros feel proud, honest.