RZHEV /Tver Region/, July 27. /TASS/. Attempts to use sanctions to undermine Russia's energy cooperation with its partners amid the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz will destabilize global markets, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told a briefing.

"Furthermore, an attempt to undermine our energy cooperation with partners amid the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz will inevitably lead to further market destabilization, fragmentation of global trade, inflation, a decline in welfare, and worsening growth prospects in most nations, hitting hardest the poorest countries that depend on energy, fertilizer, and food imports," she noted.

In this regard, Zakharova noted that after all the sanctions measures adopted, Western countries should not "appear with long faces at global forums and talk about how they pity poor people who are undernourished, sleep-deprived, overworked, and suffering."

The responsibility lies with those who adopt illegal, sanctioning measures that undermine global stability and security in a number of strategic areas," the diplomat stated," the diplomat concluded.