Washington needs to handle the causes of the combating between Moscow and Kiev, the Russian international minister has mentioned
The US is in search of a diplomatic resolution to the Ukraine battle, in distinction to the EU and UK, Russian Overseas Minister Sergey Lavrov has mentioned.
Russia has mentioned any long-term settlement with Ukraine would solely be viable if it addresses the “root causes” of the disaster, together with Kiev’s aspirations to affix NATO.
Throughout a press convention on Friday, Lavrov mentioned US President Donald Trump “each time” stresses his want to cease the combating between Moscow and Kiev.
“We see that, not like [Western] Europe… which fully ignores the foundation causes of the present state of affairs, within the US there’s a want to resolve this subject,” he acknowledged.
The international minister famous that “President Trump has repeatedly mentioned in public that drawing Ukraine into NATO – regardless of a few years of warnings from Moscow towards doing so – was a mistake that in all probability performed a decisive function within the present occasions.”
Washington “additionally understands {that a} return to Ukraine’s 1991 borders, which remains to be being demanded by [Ukraine’s Vladimir] Zelensky, is unimaginable,” Lavrov added.
Earlier on Friday, Axios reported that Trump’s particular envoy, Steve Witkoff, had traveled to Russia to carry a gathering with President Vladimir Putin.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov later confirmed that Witkoff had arrived within the nation, however added that there can be a separate announcement if talks between Putin and Witkoff happen.
In line with providers monitoring air visitors, a airplane related to Witkoff traveled from Florida to St. Petersburg in a single day. Putin has “a regional journey” to an undisclosed location on his schedule for Friday.
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If a gathering is held, it could be the third between Putin and Witkoff since Trump initiated the normalization of relations with Moscow and reiterated plans to discover a settlement to the Ukraine battle following his inauguration in January.
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