“It’s good that we weren’t accused of the homicide of Franz Ferdinand.”

By Karen Barrister On Apr 28, 2021

EPA-EFE/RUSSIAN FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTRY

Sergei Lavrov

Commenting on Bulgaria’s accusations of alleged Russian involvement in explosions in military warehouses in Bulgaria and the attempted murder of a Bulgarian businessman, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that official Sofia could thus come up with accusations of killing Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

– It is good that we have not killed Archduke Ferdinand yet, but apparently, the matter is moving towards that – Lavrov said regarding the scandalous statements against Russia.
In that regard, the head of Russian diplomacy, Sergey Lavrov, says that with such accusations, Sofia decided to surpass the Czechs.

– The Bulgarian side has not known anything for the last 10 years, and only now, suddenly, when the Czech Republic remembered the events from 2014, it decided to surpass the Czechs and look much deeper into the historical retrospective. Or they knew what was happening all the time, but for some reason they did not publish it – Lavrov said at the press conference after negotiations with his Mexican colleague Marcel Ebrard.

The Minister advised the European Union to address the fulfillment of the obligations of its member states in the field of arms trade.

– I can say that the EU should still address the situation in both the Czech Republic and Bulgaria, ie the situation related to the fact that some private entrepreneurs are involved in the arms trade, weapons and ammunition storage. The EU should also answer the question we asked, and that is the extent to which the EU controls the fulfillment of obligations of member states regarding various documents in the field of arms trade – Lavrov added.

He believes that the EU will not mind explaining to the international community how all this is combined with the same international conventions and agreements that the EU members unanimously signed.

Earlier, Bulgarian National Television, referring to the prosecution, reported that six Russian citizens were suspected of causing explosions in factories and military warehouses in Bulgaria, and that three were accused of attempting to kill Bulgarian businessman Emilian Gebrev.