The Russian Foreign Minister said that the post -war security of Ukraine should be guaranteed by a group of states, which will be consisted of, among other things, members of the UN Security Council – the United Kingdom, China, France, Russia and the United States.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview with the NBC News published on Sunday that the guarantor of the post -war security security of Ukraine should be a group of countries consisting, among other things, of the UN Security Council (UNSC). According to AFP and Reuters reports, TASR reports.
Lavrov: Moscow asks for guarantees of protection of Russian speaking people in Ukraine
The Russian Foreign Minister said in an interview that the security of Ukraine should be guaranteed by a group of states, which will be consisted of, among other things, members of the UNSC – the United Kingdom, China, France, Russia and the United States. According to him, such a group could include Germany, Turkey or other countries.
“The guarantors would guarantee the safety of Ukraine, which must be neutral, must not be a member of any military block and must not own nuclear weapons,” the Russian Ministry of Foreign Lavrova quoted. He added that for Russia, Ukraine’s membership in the North Atlantic Alliance is unacceptable and that Moscow is asking guarantees to protect Russian -speaking people in Ukraine. According to Lavrov, there is also a discussion of territorial changes between Moscow and Kiev.
Putin demands from Ukraine to give up, among other things, the entire Donbas region
Lavrov for NBC News also said that Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump also spoke about the security guarantees for Ukraine at Alaska. According to him, Putin drew attention to the unsuccessful negotiations in Istanbul in 2022 during the discussion, where Russia and Ukraine discussed the permanent neutrality of Kiev in exchange for security guarantees from five permanent members of the UNSC.
Reuters reported last week that Putin was demanding from Ukraine to give up the entire Donbas region, renounced the ambitions to join NATO, remained neutral and did not let her territory of western countries.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Greeny, on Sunday alongside Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, said that the presence of foreign troops in Ukraine after the end of the war is important for Kiev.
