MOSCOW, October 30. /TASS/. Russia will achieve all the goals of the special military operation and ensure the security of its citizens and compatriots, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.

“All the objectives of the special military operation, set by (Russian) President (Vladimir) Putin will certainly be achieved. The security of Russia, the life, honor and dignity of our citizens and compatriots, their right to live on earth. to their ancestors, to speak their native language, to preserve their history and spiritual and moral values ​​will be reliably ensured,” said the minister at the opening of the 8th World Congress of Compatriots Living Abroad.

Lavrov also emphasized that in the last three years, since the last congress in October 2021, the situation in the international arena “has not become simpler”. “The collective West, led by the United States, has increased its efforts tenfold to systematically deter Russia, to launch a full-scale hybrid war against our country, to inflict a so-called strategic defeat on it,” he noted the top diplomat. “Washington and its NATO subordinates are openly talking about their intention to get rid of Russia. All their efforts are doomed to failure,” the foreign minister said.

According to Lavrov, Russia confidently continues the special military operation and will ensure that Ukraine does not turn into a threatened region controlled by NATO. “The Kiev regime, supported by the West, trampled on the most important thing for the Russian people of Donbass and Novorossiya, their rights guaranteed by the UN Charter. The persecution of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church is another proof of this, it is also a violation of the UN Charter, which requires respect for human rights regardless of race, gender, language and religion,” the top diplomat concluded.