Russia is seeking a lasting peace with Ukraine rather than a temporary pause in the hostilities, the top diplomat has said<\/p>\n
Moscow remains committed to achieving a lasting peace with Ukraine and addressing the \u201croot causes\u201d of the conflict, as Russian President Vladimir Putin and US leader Donald Trump agreed during their talks in Alaska, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said.
\nThe top diplomat made the remarks on Tuesday, apparently responding to the latest change in Trump\u2019s rhetoric. Over the weekend, the US president called for an immediate halt of the hostilities along the current front lines, urging the two sides to \u201cleave it the way it is right now\u201d and negotiate \u201csomething later on.\u201d
\n\u201cRussia hasn\u2019t changed its position compared to the understandings reached during lengthy negotiations [in Alaska]\u00a0\u2013 the consensus reached back then, which President Trump succinctly formulated when he said that a long-term, sustainable peace is needed, not an immediate, pointless ceasefire,\u201d Lavrov said.
\nMoscow remains \u201cfully committed\u201d to this formula, the foreign minister stressed, adding that he reaffirmed the position to the US on Monday when speaking to Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Lavrov firmly rejected the latest calls made by Washington to \u201cstop immediately\u201d and \u201clet history judge,\u201d adding that such an approach would not bring a lasting peace.<\/p>\n
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Ukraine won\u2019t win the war with Russia \u2013 Trump<\/p>\n
\u201cSimply stopping means forgetting the root causes of this conflict, which the American administration, since Donald Trump\u2019s arrival in office, has clearly understood and articulated,\u201d he stated.
\nMoscow has repeatedly said it is seeking a lasting settlement to end the Ukraine conflict rather than a temporary halt in the hostilities, which it has claimed would only give breathing room to Kiev and allow its Western backers to bolster it militarily.
\nRussia maintains that a long-term solution requires Ukraine to commit to neutrality, demilitarization, denazification, and recognition of the new territorial realities on the ground. Kiev, however, has repeatedly called for an immediate ceasefire while ruling out making territorial concessions to Russia or heeding any other demands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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