France wants to mediate Russia-Ukraine talks to make itself center of attention — Lavrov
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“Everyone knows this. For what purpose public, boisterous statements are made on one issue or another: that we will be a mediator, that we will give some long-range missiles to be fired on Russian territory – it is very difficult for me to see anything rational in these statements,” the top Russian diplomat said