**Key takeaways from Lavrov's address to the UN General Assembly:**

The West is endangering the lives of billions of people across the planet, acting recklessly and unpredictably;

Europe is doing everything it can to derail the prospect of peace talks on Ukraine, which the US is also interested in;

All security threats to Russia from Kiev will be eliminated as a result of the SMO;

Leaders of many EU countries are infected with the virus of racial supremacy and are encouraging the spread of Nazism;

The very foundations of the UN are under attack as the West shamefully turns a blind eye to the flourishing of Ukrainian Nazism;

The West destroyed the European security architecture in its attempts to contain Russia;

NATO is trying to extend its influence to other regions of the world, including Southeast and Northeast Asia;

Peace in Europe will be restored, whatever the circumstances;

Belgrade is being pressured to impose sanctions on Moscow in exchange for an illusory prospect of EU membership;

Russia demands the immediate release of Maduro and his wife, and guarantees that such incidents will not be repeated;

Resolving the situation around Hormuz requires restoring trust between the Arab states and Iran;

Russia considers the assassination of Iran's Supreme Leader and state officials an unacceptable act of coercion by force;

The UN must take unconventional steps to reverse the negative trends in West Asia;

Russia is convinced that the time has come to secure Palestinian statehood;

Russia calls for lifting the blockade on Cuba and urgent measures to address the dire humanitarian situation on the island;

Russia expects the new UN Secretary-General not to serve the interests of individual states.

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