MOSCOW: Russian International Minister Sergei Lavrov mentioned that it was not straightforward to agree with america on the important thing elements of a potential peace deal to finish the war in Ukraine and that Russia would by no means once more permit itself to rely economically on the West.
US President Donald Trump, who says he desires to be remembered as a peacemaker, has repeatedly mentioned he desires to finish the “massacre” of the three-year battle in Ukraine, although a deal has yet to be agreed.
“It isn’t straightforward to agree the important thing parts of a settlement. They’re being mentioned,” Russian International Minister Sergei Lavrov mentioned in an interview with the Kommersant newspaper when requested if Moscow and Washington had settlement on some facets of a potential peace deal.
“We’re properly conscious of what a mutually useful deal appears like, which we have now by no means rejected, and what a deal appears like that might lead us into one other lure,” Lavrov mentioned within the interview printed in Tuesday’s version.
The Kremlin on Sunday mentioned that it was too early to count on outcomes from the restoration of extra regular relations with Washington.
Lavrov mentioned 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 the whole thing of the territory of 4 Ukrainian areas claimed by Russia.
“We’re speaking concerning the rights of the individuals who dwell on these lands. That’s the reason these lands are expensive to us. And we can’t give them up, permitting individuals to be kicked out of there,” Lavrov mentioned.
