Sergei Lavrow denies the reports of Putin's planned gathering with Zelenski and stresses that Russia is not seeking to gain territory but wants peace.
The Russian minister accuses Ukraine and Europe of spreading misinformation and blames the deficiency of advancement in negotiations on the Ukrainian side.
Lavrow sharply answers questions about Russian civilian attacks, firmly claiming that Russia focuses solely on military facilities.
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As Lavrow added, the gathering of both leaders has not been discussed during the summit of U.S. Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin in Alaska. He noted that ‘this question was raised later’ erstwhile Trump called Putin. during the visit of the European delegation to Washington.
Russian Minister stated that Moscow is ready. to direct Russian-Ukrainian negotiations which started in the Istanbul format. He added that Putin stated that gathering leaders at the summit must be Very well prepared. – To this end, we proposed to increase the level of the Istanbul delegation," he said.
Lavrow accused the Ukrainian and Europeans who paid a visit to Washington that they wanted to harm what Trump talked to Putin about in Anchorage. He said Putin was ready to meet Zelenski "provided that this gathering would truly decide something". – There is no scheduled meeting. The agenda must be ready for the summit, and she must be She's not ready at all. He said.
War in Ukraine. Lavrow on negotiations: Zelenski agreed to nothing
– president Trump after (meeting) in Anchorage proposed respective points where we agree. In any of them we agreed to show any flexibility," he added. According to Lavrow, “Washington believes that among the points that request to be accepted is deficiency of NATO membership (Ukraine), discussions on territorial matters". – And Zelenski refused to do anything – he continued in an almost-hour conversation with NBC.
He added that the Kremlin considers Zelenski to be “the de facto head of the regime”. – As regards the signing of legal papers (on the substance of peace), everyone will gotta agree that the signatory has legal position and according to the Constitution of Ukraine Zelenski isn't. – he continued.
The head of Russian diplomacy stated that Ukraine “has the right to exist, provided he releases the people he thinks are terrorists., who, as part of the referendums in Noworosja, in Donbasa, in Crimea, decided that they belonged to Russian culture."
Ukraine-Russia. Lavrow's acute reaction to the question of Russian attacks. "Primitive Questions"
Lavrow pointed out that on safety guarantees There must be a consensus that takes into account Moscow's interests. He accused the West of wanting to send in Ukraine "interventional, occupyive forces" that are against Russia.
When asked about the fresh Russian attack on an American mill in Ukraine, he replied that He never heard of it. He repeated that Russia never attacks targets that are not related to Ukraine's military capabilities. Answering the question of attacks on civilian objects, he told the writer to She presented evidence and criticized her questions, calling them ‘primitive’. He accused the Ukrainians that it was them They're attacking civilian subjects.
Head of Russian diplomacy assured that Russia She wants peace and doesn't care about territory. “We care about people,” he added, judging that Peace is not what Europeans want.
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