Russia agrees that security guarantees for Ukraine should be provided on an equal footing with the participation of countries as China, the USA, Great Britain and France, the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on August 20.
At the same time, he added that Russia itself should have ensured the security guarantees of Ukraine itself.
“As for the reports that Britain, and France, and Germany want to create, develop collective security guarantees, we are for these guarantees to be really reliable,” the Russian media quoted Lavrov.
At the same time, he added that he could not agree that the issues of security guarantees for Ukraine are resolved without Russia.
“It won’t work. We have repeatedly explained that Russia does not overestimate its interests, but we will provide our legitimate interests firmly and harshly. I am sure that in the West and, first of all, the United States is well aware that seriously discussing security issues without the Russian Federation is a utopia, this is a path to nowhere, ”said the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry.
He called the words of France President Emmanuel Macron about the readiness to support Ukraine “adventurous and confrontation.”
“We are observing an increasingly clear understanding of our partners in the United States of the need to eliminate the root causes of the crisis, and not try to support those who throw a good slogan about the immediate ceasefire and at the same time say that the ceasefire will not mean continuing Ukraine’s weapons. And it is good that this absolutely adventurous position, the confrontation position, the position in support of the continuation of the war does not find understanding in the current administration of the United States, striving to delve into the essence of problems and to eliminate, to help the elimination of the root causes that formed the basis of the crisis, ”Lavrov said.
According to him, Russia so far sees “only aggressive escalation of the situation and awkward attempts to change Trump’s position” by the European Union and did not hear a “construct” after a meeting in the White House.
At the same time, the main diplomat of the Russian Federation added that Moscow is ready to work in any formats for the settlement of war in Ukraine, including “discussing political aspects with Ukraine.”
Ukraine seeks to get security guarantees similar to those provided by article 5 NATO countries. It was this idea that last weekend was voiced by the special envoy of Trump on the affairs of the Middle East and Ukraine Steve Whitkoff. Such a mechanism can potentially draw the United States into a larger conflict in the event of Russia’s attack on the power of peacekeepers. Moscow is already sharply opposed any security guarantees, Although Trump himself recently noted that Putin allegedly could agree to the deployment of the peacekeeping forces of NATO countries in the east of Ukraine.
Moreover, according to the American president, the UK, France and Germany will introduce troops to Ukraine To ensure peace. However, the American military will not join them. In total, according to media reports, they are ready to introduce their troops into Ukraine About 10 countries.
At the same time, the publication Politico writes that it can still be far from an effective solution, but only the need to organize a special mission creates enormous difficulties.
