# Lavrov: West does not want agreements, has replaced diplomacy with sanctions

https://mins.news/en/item/43172

- TASS, 2026-09-03 05:18 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2181697

> Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said sanctions have become the West’s main foreign-policy tool, displacing diplomacy. He argued that Western countries increasingly seek to dictate their will rather than participate in consensus-based structures and reach agreements.