MOSCOW, January 30. /TASS/. Washington will hinder cooperation between Moscow and Islamabad in the energy sphere, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Monday at a press conference with his Pakistani counterpart Bilawal Bhutto Zardari.

"As regards <...> the United States, that they will hinder our deals in the energy sphere - they will certainly stand in the way. The United States, almost to everyone, publicly, shamelessly and quite arrogantly says that you cannot do business with Russia. There have been threats against China recently, as well as against India, Turkey, and Egypt. There is not a single country that the United States would not send such neo-colonial messages to," Lavrov said.

The overwhelming majority of countries, including Pakistan, are governed primarily by their national interests, the Russian top diplomat said. "We are aware of the actions our Western colleagues can resort to. Not merely to threats of secondary sanctions but also to direct acts of terrorism, just as it was with the sabotage at the Nord Stream and the Nord Stream 2," Lavrov added.