Lavrov noted the Russian Federation's desire to move away from the term "unfriendly countries"

Russia is gradually moving away from the term "unfriendly countries." This was announced on September 16 by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov at a press conference on the preparation of the international music competition "Intervision".

"We are gradually moving away from the term unfriendly countries, although it remains in the legislation," he said.

He added that Russia does not have "unfriendly countries", but only countries with "unfriendly governments" in relation to the Russian Federation.

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