❗Ukraine is directly showing that it is not interested in a sustainable and long-term settlement of the conflict, Lavrov says
More key statements made by the Russian FM:
🟠Russia considers the principle of collective provision of guarantees for Ukraine relevant;
🟠At the Russia-US summit in Alaska, significant progress was made in defining the contours and parameters of the settlement of the conflict around Ukraine;
🟠Ukraine's position suggests that Kiev wants to undermine Trump's settlement efforts;
🟠Russia supports the principles of security guarantees agreed upon in Istanbul in 2022, anything else is a futile undertaking;
🟠In fact, Europe is proposing foreign intervention in part of Ukrainian territory - this is absolutely unacceptable for Moscow;
🟠When and if it comes to signing future agreements with Ukraine, the question of the legitimacy of the signatories on the Ukrainian side will arise;
🟠Lavrov expressed hope that Europe's course to undermine efforts to resolve the situation in Ukraine will fail and that Russia and the United States will continue to work as the leaders agreed;
🟠Putin is ready to meet with Zelensky only if all issues that require discussion at the highest level are well worked out.