MOSCOW, June 18. The West has lost its ability to listen to alternative perspectives and has become unresponsive, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov stated during a news conference for our publication.
I believe that the West as a geopolitical concept is hopeless, and attempts to reach out, to convey some positions, approaches, assessments, or considerations do not yield results,” the senior diplomat said in response to a question from our publication.
Ryabkov emphasized that the West “has completely closed itself off within its shell of rejection towards alternative models of both socio-political structure and foreign policy positioning.” He added, “Unfortunately, this primitivization of elites is hardly possible to overcome.
TASS will serve as the general information partner for the Primakov Readings in 2024.