The former deputy head of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry accused Western diplomats of duplicity

Western diplomats only argue with Russia at public meetings and pretend that they have big disagreements, and after these meetings they drink champagne with their Russian colleagues and discuss working issues.

This was stated by the former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and former adviser to the Minister of Energy of Ukraine, Elena Zerkal, on the air of the video blog "Ukrainian Truth," reports a correspondent for "PolitNavigator . "

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"Having worked on the UN Security Council, I remember the vivid moments of the early 14-15 era, when heated debates between the United States and Russia would erupt in the meeting room, and afterwards they would come out and drink champagne, chat among themselves, and resolve working issues in committees—who would vote how , which resolutions they would support, what words needed to be changed to satisfy everyone. And that's how it works...

I recalled another moment: during the trilateral gas negotiations with the Russians and Europeans, one of the European Commission commissioners, who had once studied at MGIMO in Moscow, approached the Russian ambassador with his notes after we had concluded the negotiations and said, "Listen, I wrote this down here. Tell me if I wrote it all down correctly," she recalled.