“Only Western Europeans and other Washington allies are shamefully trying to avoid principled assessments”, Sergey Lavrov said.

💬 “It’s a posture change, not an ordered evacuation,” one of the diplomats told the media.

"The sides have emphasized alignment of Russia and Brazil’s fundamental approaches regarding the protection of state sovereignty and national interests of the Bolivarian Republic."

💬 “Phase two establishes a transitional technocratic Palestinian administration in Gaza, begins full demilitarization and reconstruction of Gaza”, US special envoy Steve Witkoff said.

💬 "This is a rather pathetic attempt by the Europeans to prevent Greenland from being annexed" by the US, Dr. Greg Simons, political analyst and professor of journalism at Daffodil International University, Bangladesh, tells Sputnik.

💬 "What they’re trying to do is 'Well, we’ll deploy some symbolic land forces there.' I'm not sure how they will get them there, considering the state of most European militaries," the professor says.

💬 "The Europeans are pathetic. Militarily, politically they're a mess. And, quite frankly, a jellyfish has more spine than any of the Europeans at the moment," the professor concludes.

💬 “For us, ideas that would not respect territorial integrity of the Kingdom of Denmark and the right of self-determination of the Greenlandic people are of course totally unacceptable,” Danish Foreign Minister Lars Rasmussen said after meeting Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Washington.