Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused US President Donald Trump of violating the principles he agreed with Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin at the August meeting in Alaska. This was reported by the DPA agency, writes TASR.
- Sergey Lavrov accused Trump of violating agreements with Vladimir Putin.
- In Alaska, Trump supported permanent peace in Ukraine instead of a ceasefire.
- Lavrov claims that European states influenced Trump’s attitude towards Ukraine.
- Moscow demands an end to the fighting only after a comprehensive agreement on the conflict.
- The United States has imposed sanctions on the Russian oil companies Rosneft and Lukoil.
In an interview with the Hungarian channel Ultrahang published on the YouTube platform on Sunday evening, Lavrov responded to Trump’s call for an immediate end to the fighting in Ukraine. According to the long-time Russian minister, Trump’s new appeal represents a “radical change” in his previous position.
Lavrov claims that at the meeting in Alaska in mid-August, Trump has spoken out in favor of a comprehensive peace deal as a goal to end the war in Ukraine, rather than an immediate end to the fighting. According to him, Putin accepted this American position as a basis for further negotiations, while as his own the most important element marked a lasting peace, not a temporary truce.
The head of Moscow’s diplomacy blamed the European states and Ukraine from being responsible for Trump’s “change of mind”. since the August negotiations with the Russian president.
As DPA reminds us, Trump said in Alaska that a permanent peace would be a better solution than a cease-fire, but both before and after he also called for a halt to the attacks so that negotiations could take place on a final settlement of the conflict. Kyiv has been asking for a long-term cessation of attacks before peace talks.
On the contrary, Moscow has consistently insisted that a cessation of hostilities only occur after a comprehensive agreement has been reached that would reflect its demands. According to Western observers, Russia is trying to secure a better negotiating position militarily. The American president has expressed his dissatisfaction with the ongoing Russian attacks several times over the past months Ukrainian cities are often the target.
Last week, the United States even imposed new sanctions on Russia’s two largest oil companies, Rosneft and Lukoil, and dozens of their subsidiaries, while A little later, Trump canceled the planned meeting with Putin in Budapest. However, he did not rule out that it could happen in the future.
