The Russian Federation is ready for negotiations on Ukraine and recognizes the borders of 1991: Lavrov at the UN General Assembly
Journalists, among other things, declared that Russia was ready for negotiations on Ukraine, but there would be no proposals for ceasefire to consider, and then suddenly reported that the Russian Federation respects the "territorial integrity of Ukraine", TASS writes. Lavrov's press conference, according to Russian media, has collected a record number of journalists.
And he made a number of statements regarding the war in Ukraine and even President of Zelensky personally, although he said that Zelensky did not listen. Volodymyr Zelenskyy acted as the second, and Lavrov on the twelfth. The Ukrainian leader left the meeting room without waiting for Lavrov's speech. "I know that Zelensky can tell. He was not in a blow. I looked on TV, some kind of cheerful.
I had 33 planned bilateral meetings, and they were, in general, much more useful, " - said the Russian diplomat. On the issue of negotiations, Lavrov stated that the Kremlin is ready for negotiations, but without ceasefire. "We are working in a real situation. In March and April 2022, the negotiations were already parished.
But two days later Bucha took place because, I think, to someone in London or Washington, I would not want this war to end So now, when we are told about negotiations, Putin commented on it, he said very clearly: yes, we are ready for negotiations, but we will not consider any offers for ceasefire because we have considered it once, but you have cheated on us " , - Lavrov said, saying that this event allegedly "forbade Kiev to negotiate with Moscow.
" "We were not just ready, but agreed to negotiations, reached consent in April 2022. And after that, as I understand, Zelensky said: once they agreed so quickly, let's still exhaust them," said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. He also stated that Russia allegedly respects the territorial integrity of Ukraine under the conditions of fulfillment of all the promises of Kiev in the declaration of independence.
"Undoubtedly, in 1991, we recognized the sovereignty of Ukraine on the basis of the Declaration of Independence, which Ukraine approved on the basis of the Soviet Union. Much is written in the Declaration, in particular that they will respect the rights of national minorities, respect the rights of Russian and other languages, The Russian there is explicitly mentioned.
"But in the Declaration of Independence, it was one of the main moments for us that Ukraine will be a non -aligned country, will not enter any military alliances. In that edition, under those conditions, we support Ukraine's territorial integrity," Lavrov added. "We have no problems with the territorial integrity of Ukraine, it was destroyed by those who made and supported the coup whose leaders declared a war against their own people and began to bomb their own people," Lavrov summarized.
Quoting Putin, the Foreign Minister also called the West "Empire of Lies. " "Accustomed to looking at the rest of the world from above, Americans and Europeans often make promises, commit themselves, including written and legally binding, and then simply not fulfilled. A real "empire of lies", - said the Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation.