Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says US Secretary of State John Kerry called on him to "pay no mind" to a statement by President Obama, in which Russia was included to a list of top global threats, reports GHN based on RT.
President Obama voiced the three most significant global threats at the UN General Assembly in September. Ebola topped his list, followed by "Russian aggression in Europe." In third place was the threat represented by the Islamic State extremist group.
The US president once again included "aggressive Russia" in his top world dangers list at the recent G20 Summit in Australia.
"I was pointing out the enumeration of threats, which Obama has allowed himself, starting with his speech at the UN General Assembly," Sergey Lavrov said on Wednesday, speaking at the State Duma (the lower house of the Russian parliament).
"Not so long ago, I was having a conversation with John Kerry and asked him what it all meant. He answered, ‘Pay it no mind'," Lavrov said.
According to Lavrov, his American counterpart said that because he wanted to discuss the Iranian nuclear program issue and the situation on the Korean Peninsula.
"It's not appropriate for a powerful country to have such a consumer attitude to its partners," Lavrov commented. "Where you're needed, help us; where you're not, obey us."
The minister said Russia was working on helping to resolve the Iranian and Korean crises "not to please anyone," but to help the international community avoid risks associated with these issues.
The State Department said that Kerry's words were "incorrectly characterised" by the Russian foreign minister.
