Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned on Wednesday that Discussions about Western security guarantees for Ukraine without taking into account the attitude of Russia, “they will not lead anywhere”. According to AFP and TASS reports, TASR reports this.
- Sergei Lavrov points to the inefficiency of discussions without Russia.
- Donald Trump spoke with Vladimir Putin about Ukraine by phone.
- Moscow refuses to enter Ukraine into NATO and the deployment of troops.
On security guarantees for Ukraine in connection with ongoing diplomatic negotiations on the end of the war They are to discuss Wednesday through video conference Chiefs General Staff of Army NATO Member States.
“I believe the West – and above all the United States – perfectly understand that discussions on security issues without Russia are utopia and the way that does not lead anywhere,” said Lavrov.
US President Donald Trump, who spoke with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Monday, said he said Kremlin chief agreed to meet the Ukrainian head of state Volodymyr Zelensky. At the same time, he allegedly agreed to receive some West security guarantees for Ukraine.
However, Lavrov noted that Putin in the telephone conversation told Trump only that he “consider increasing the level” of negotiations on Ukraine. The Russian head of the Ministry of Diplomacy noted that a possible summit between Putin and Zelensky must be prepared as thoroughly as possible to avoid being counterproductive.
At the same time, the Russian minister has accused European leaders of trying to change Trump’s attitude on Ukraine in an unethical way. “So far, we are witnessing only aggressive efforts to escalate the situation and clumsy to unethical attempts to change the attitude of Trump’s government,” said Trump’s Monday meeting with European leaders and Ukrainian president in the White House. “We haven’t heard any constructive designs from Europeans,” noted.
Moscow has long rejected Ukraine’s accession to NATO as well as the possibility of deploying Western troops in Ukraine.
