Russia denounced, this Sunday, October 26, “attempts” to undermine its “constructive” dialogue with the United States with a view to’a solution to the conflict in Ukraine, a few days after the sine die postponement of’a planned meeting between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump.
“We are witnessing titanic attempts to undermine any dialogue between Russia and the United States,” declared in a video message a Kremlin envoy for economic issues, Kirill Dmitriev, who has been meeting with US government officials in Washington since Friday.
Peace negotiations stalled
“We are ready for a constructive dialogue and clear communication of Russia’s position on various issues,” Kirill Dmitriev stressed.
“Russia wants a peaceful solution” in Ukraine, he assured, although he considered that “respect” for Russian interests and “the'”The eradication of the root causes of the Ukrainian crisis” should serve as a basis for “just solutions.”
Peace negotiations between Moscow and kyiv have stalled, despite mediation efforts by the US president, who had promised to quickly end the conflict in Ukraine upon his return to the White House in January.
Donald Trump does not want “wasteful” discussions
Donald Trump on Tuesday indefinitely postponed a planned, just-announced meeting with Vladimir Putin in Budapest, saying he did not want talks “in vain,” and the United States imposed new sanctions on Russian hydrocarbons the next day.
In an interview given to the Hungarian YouTube channel Ultrahang and made public on Sunday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov considered that Washington does not’had proposed “no new meetings or conversations” between the heads of American and Russian diplomacy since their telephone exchange on Monday.
“Me too’I haven’t addressed the topic since then because everyone’The initiative fell to the United States. We would be willing to move forward if Americans felt comfortable’comfortable with themselves,” he added,’speaking in english.
Meetings with US government officials
When asked about the famous Trump-Putin summit, he replied: “It depends on who started the process.”
Kirill Dmitriev met again on Friday, Saturday and Sunday with officials of the American government, as well as, according to him, with “representatives of the American community who want a positive dialogue with Russia”, in particular with’The Republican elected from Florida to the House of Representatives Anna Paulina Luna.
“A strong voice for dialogue and peace,” Anna Paulina Luna will organize a meeting between American and Russian parliamentarians to “foster parliamentary dialogue,” Kirill Dmitriev wrote in X al’of his interview with her.
Source: BFM TV
