Russia rejects Ukraine's 'peace formula'
(Baonghean.vn) - RIA news agency quoted Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on December 29 as saying that the country will not use Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's "peace formula" as a basis for negotiations, and that Kiev is still not ready to participate in real peace talks.
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. Photo: AP |
According to Foreign Minister Lavrov, Kiev's idea of expelling Russian forces from eastern Ukraine and Crimea with the help of the West is "illusionary". In addition, the head of Russian diplomacy believes that current Ukrainian politicians are not capable of negotiating, and most of them are absolutely anti-Russian.
In addition, Foreign Minister Lavrov said that the West has turned the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) into an arena of propaganda battles, while Poland's chairmanship has reduced the effectiveness of the organization to zero. The Russian Foreign Minister also reiterated that the OSCE was established to serve as a forum for dialogue and equal cooperation, but over the past few years, the organization has fallen into a deep crisis.
Previously, Poland, the country currently holding the position of OSCE Chair, refused to allow Mr. Lavrov to attend the meeting of the OSCE Council of Foreign Ministers (CMFA) in the city of Lodz (Poland) on December 1 and 2. The Russian Foreign Minister affirmed that in his position as OSCE Chair, Warsaw is leading this organization “to a worst point in history”./.
