Russia rules out ceasefire negotiations
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrovsaid that “Russia is ready to hold negotiations on Ukrainebut I will not consider no ceasefire proposal because Moscow has already been deceived once.”
“We are working on the real situation that developed. In March and April 2022 there were negotiations, everything was already signed, but two days later Bucha arrived, because “I think someone in London or Washington doesn’t want this war to end.”the top diplomat said at a press conference after the 78th session of the UN General Assembly, reported by the TASS news agency.
He added that “that’s why now, when we hear about negotiations, — Russian President Vladimir — Putin commented on this, he said very clearly: yes, we are ready to negotiate, but we will not consider no proposal for a ceasefire.” , because we thought about it once, but you fooled us.
Lavrov stressed that the West had banned kyiv from negotiating with Moscow. “Not only were we ready, but we agreed to negotiate, we reached an agreement in April 2022. And after that, as I understand it, “They told Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky: Since they agreed so quickly, let’s exhaust them.”
Previously, the minister had stated that The longer kyiv delays negotiations with Moscow, the more difficult it will be to negotiate later. According to him, the first step towards such contacts should be the abolition of Zelensky’s decree prohibiting dialogue with Moscow.
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