"Should be respect for the rights of the Russians": Lavrov called the conditions for peace talks with Ukraine
"Without respect for the safety of Russia, without respect for the rights of Russian and Russian -speaking citizens living in Ukraine, no long -term arrangements can not go to language, because these reasons should be urgently eliminated in the context of settlement," said Sergei Lavrov. At the same time, the head of the Foreign Ministry of the aggressor state said that Russia "had never intended to capture the territory.
" "Our goal was to protect people, Russian people who lived on these lands that opened these lands, shed blood for them in both Crimea and Donbass, created cities - Odessa, Nikolaev, many others, ports, factories, factories," Lavrov said. At the same time, he assured that Russia does not give up any "forms of work on Ukraine", including bilateral and tripartite.
Lavrov also argues that during a meeting with President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin and a delegation of the Russians on Alaska, US President Donald Trump showed a "genuine interest" on August 15 in Alaska on August 15, to prevent the "crisis" in the future and not to prepare Ukraine for a new war. According to him, this understanding was confirmed during Trump's conversation with Putin on the night of August 19.
We will remind, on the evening of August 18, negotiations were held at the White House with the participation of President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, US President Donald Trump and European leaders. Zelensky called it the best for the whole time and assured that the US is ready to be participants in security guarantees for Ukraine.