Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has described Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky’s peace plan as an “ultimatum” and said Western countries are “trying to implement this plan at all costs.” The diplomat said this at a press conference following a UN Security Council meeting. DEA News.
“We have set a course to implement the so-called Zelensky plan, which has a clear ultimatum form, at all costs,” Lavrov said.
The head of the Russian Foreign Ministry noted that Western countries, in their initiatives against Ukraine, as a rule, do not say anything about the root causes of the conflict, including the 2014 coup, restrictions on the use of the Russian language and the non-implementation of the Minsk agreements.
Lavrov cited as a counterexample the peace plan proposed by China and Brazil, which he said was in favor of holding a peace conference based on principles and principles that would be acceptable to all parties.
July 17 Lavrov statedPeace with Ukraine is possible only by taking into account new regions within the Russian Federation. The Minister stressed that this is enshrined in the Constitution of the Russian Federation and “there is no discussion about it.”
Lavrov before criticized Ukraine and the West’s approach to the “peace conference”.