MOSCOW: Russian International Minister Sergei Lavrov stated that it was not straightforward to agree with the US on the important thing components of a doable peace deal to finish the war in Ukraine and that Russia would by no means once more enable itself to rely economically on the West.
US President Donald Trump, who says he desires to be remembered as a peacemaker, has repeatedly stated he desires to finish the “massacre” of the three-year conflict in Ukraine, although a deal has yet to be agreed.
“It’s not straightforward to agree the important thing parts of a settlement. They’re being mentioned,” Russian International Minister Sergei Lavrov stated in an interview with the Kommersant newspaper when requested if Moscow and Washington had settlement on some elements of a doable peace deal.
“We’re effectively conscious of what a mutually useful deal seems like, which now we have by no means rejected, and what a deal seems like that would lead us into one other entice,” Lavrov stated within the interview printed in Tuesday’s version.
The Kremlin on Sunday stated that it was too early to anticipate outcomes from the restoration of extra regular relations with Washington.
Lavrov stated that Russia’s place had been set out clearly by President Vladimir Putin in June 2024, when Putin demanded Ukraine should formally drop its NATO ambitions and withdraw its troops from everything of the territory of 4 Ukrainian areas claimed by Russia.
“We’re speaking in regards to the rights of the individuals who reside on these lands. That’s the reason these lands are pricey to us. And we can not give them up, permitting folks to be kicked out of there,” Lavrov stated.
