Zelensky's 'Peace Formula' Cannot Be Fulfilled, Russian FM Lavrov Says
19:55 23.09.2023 (Updated: 19:58 23.09.2023)
© AFP 2023 ED JONES
Subscribe
UNITED NATIONS (Sputnik) – On Saturday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speaking at the general debate of the 78th session of the UN General Assembly in New York, said that the United States and European countries often take on obligations and do not fulfill them, the West is an "empire of lies."
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's 10-point "peace formula" is absolutely not realizable, although the West regards it as the only basis for peace in Ukraine, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Saturday.
"We are guided by the ugly reality, and it is such that Zelensky and everyone who leads him from Washington, London and Brussels firmly say with one voice, 'There is no other basis for peace other than Zelensky's formula.' And Zelensky's formula, I don't even know, you can describe it in different ways, but it is absolutely not realizable, and everyone understands this," Lavrov told a press conference after his address at the UN General Assembly.
No one in the West wants to seriously show their understanding of the Ukraine crisis, the top Russian diplomat said, adding that "since they want to resolve the issue on the battlefield, it will be [resolved] on the battlefield."
