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Photo: Sergey Lavrov (kremlin ru)
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said progress in the implementation of the Minsk accords is unlikely under Ukraine’s current leadership. Namely, under President Vladimir Zelensky.
Lavrov announced this in an interview with the RTVI television channel.
I do not think that under the current Ukrainian government, as under the previous president, there will be any progress in the implementation of the Minsk accords, if only by President Zelensky himself, Deputy Prime Minister Reznikov, who is responsible for the work in Contact the group. to resolve the situation in Ukraine. Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Kuleba also talks about this, “Lavrov said.
According to him, the Ukrainian authorities declare the need for the Minsk agreements to accuse Russia of non-compliance in order to continue with the EU and US sanctions.
“Yet such a perverted understanding of the essence of the Minsk accords, or rather an attempt to blame Russia for everything, even though Russia is never mentioned there, has penetrated deep into the minds of our European colleagues, including France. and Germany, “Lavrov emphasized.
Let us remind you that the Russian side at the TCG meeting insists that the resolution on local elections does not comply with the Minsk agreements.
Furthermore, a new meeting of the Normandy Four advisers will be held in the coming weeks, as it was not possible to agree on a date for the summit of the leaders of the four countries in Berlin.
Dmitry Kozak, the Russian negotiator, said the Ukrainian side had promised to review the local electoral decree, which Moscow says violates the Minsk agreements.
