Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview published on Sunday (24) that a group of nations, including members of the United Nations Security Council, should be Ukraine security guaranteers.
A Reuters He reported last week that the president, resign in the ambitions of joining NATO, remain neutral and keep the western troops out of the country, they told the Reuters Three sources familiar with the high -ranking thought of Kremlin.
Lavrov told the “Meet The Press” program from NBC News Putin and US President Donald Trump discussed the issue of a security guarantee for Ukraine and that Putin raised the issue of Istanbul’s failed discussions in 2022.
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In these discussions, Russia and Ukraine discussed the permanent neutrality of Ukraine in exchange for safety guarantees of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council: United Kingdom, China, France, Russia and the United States, and other countries, according to a draft copy of a scratch. Reuters em 2022.
Lavrov dissects NBC that a group including security board members should ensure Ukraine’s safety. The group could also include Germany, Türkiye and other countries, Lavrov said.
“And the guarantors would be guaranteeing the safety of Ukraine, which must be neutral, should not be aligned with any military block and should not be nuclear,” said Lavrov, according to a transcription of the interview released by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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Lavrov also made it clear that Ukraine’s adhesion to NATO was unacceptable to Russia, Russia wanted protection for Russian speakers in Ukraine and that there would be a territorial discussion to be held with Ukraine.
