Peace negotiations in Istanbul: the Russian Federation agreed to the introduction of NATO troops into Ukraine - Lavrov

According to him, in 2022 he was ready to provide Kiev guarantees that the Ukrainian delegation asked. However, the implementation of the provisions of Article 5, if NATO troops were relocated to Ukraine, did not extend to Crimea and Donbas. On Friday, April 19, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stated that in the case of adoption of Istanbul agreements to Ukraine, a 5th NATO article would be applied to Ukraine, but with certain conditions.

He reported this in an interview with the radio stations "Moscow", "Satellite" and "Komsomolskaya Pravda", writes the Russian edition of RG. ru. "The guarantees were very simple. As a result, we were ready to go for the Ukrainian delegation, these guarantees were extremely serious," the minister said.

At the same time, one of the conditions, according to Lavrov, was the non -application of this article, the provisions of which implies military assistance of the Alliance in the event of an armed attack, to the already annexed Crimea and the occupied regions of Donbass. "It was written specifically that these security guarantees did not apply to Crimea and the Donbas, which, in general, meant that they could not be touched, and then women would not act," Lavrov explained.

That is, if these territories were attacking, the arrangements should be revoked immediately. In addition, the Istanbul Treaty stated that there will be no foreign military bases and exercises with the participation of third countries in Ukraine, "except in cases of consent of all guarantees, including us and China. " Also, the main diplomat of the aggressor country said that there is no faith in the Russian Federation, and Russia will no longer pause in hostilities under any conditions.

Lavrov stressed that in Russia today is fully confident: "Special Military Operation" should continue. Earlier, Focus wrote that high -ranking representatives of the Russian leadership are increasingly charged with Armenian authorities, which continues to distance themselves from cooperation in the field of security with the Russian Federation.