Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov denounced the attitude of Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s allies during a trip to South Africa on Monday.
Russia “does not oppose negotiations with Ukraine,” Sergei Lavrov, Russia’s foreign minister, assured during a trip to Pretoria, South Africa this Monday. Almost a year after the war began, the head of Russian diplomacy returned to the first weeks of the conflict and assured that Kyiv and Moscow were close to an agreement in March.
Negotiation phases actually took place at the beginning of the war between the two parties. “And at the end of March, the two delegations agreed on the principle of resolving this conflict,” Sergey Lavrov said on Monday.
Moscow has repeatedly declared itself ready for a “serious dialogue”.
“But our American, British and some European colleagues told Ukraine that it was too early to reach an agreement and that the agreement, which was almost finalized, never caught on with Kyiv, the Russian foreign minister criticized.
Moscow has repeatedly said it is ready for “serious dialogue” with Ukraine on condition that the latter accepts the annexation of several territories, but Kyiv is demanding a full withdrawal of Russian forces before any dialogue.
“Those who refuse must understand that the longer they refuse, the harder it will be to find a solution,” Sergey Lavrov added.
Original article published on BFMTV.com
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