Moscow hopes Washington will look at the root causes of the hostilities, the foreign minister has stated
Moscow is open to holding consultations with the administration of incoming US President-Elect Donald Trump on resolving the Ukraine conflict, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said.
He added that Russia hopes that Trump’s team, including his special envoy for Ukraine and Russia, Keith Kellogg, will “get to the root causes of the conflict.”
Lavrov reiterated that Russian President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly expressed Moscow’s openness to holding negotiations on how to resolve the hostilities, and stressed that this commitment continues to hold true. He noted, however, that Russia would engage in talks only if they are “meaningful” and take into account the root causes of the conflict and the principles laid out by Putin earlier this year.
“These are not preconditions. They are a requirement to fulfill what everyone signed up to when they adopted the UN Charter,” the minister emphasized.
In June, President Putin stated that Russia would be willing to begin peace negotiations with Ukraine as soon as Kiev committed to not joining NATO and withdrew its troops from all Russian territories, including the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics and the regions of Kherson and Zaporozhye.
This also includes Kursk Region, where Ukrainian troops launched an incursion in August.
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December 26, 2024 at 02:00PM
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