New Delhi, July 15 -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Tuesday dismissed US President Donald Trump's threat to impose 100% tariffs on Russia and its trading partners, asserting Moscow is well-equipped to weather any additional economic pressure.
"The number of sanctions announced against us is already unprecedented. We are coping; I have no doubt we will cope," Lavrov said at a press conference after the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Foreign Ministers Council meeting Tianjin in China.
The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation includes 10 member states: China, Russia, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Belarus. China currently holds the rotating presidency.
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