Pause in communication with Ukrainian FM due to Kyiv’s reluctance to seriously discuss Minsk Agreements – Lavrov
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said he is open to dialogue with his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba pursuing a serious discussion of the implementation of the Minsk Agreements on Donbas and those reached by France, Germany, Ukraine, and Russia, the so-called Normandy-format countries, at the Paris summit last year.
“Should my colleague wish to seriously discuss specific issues concerning Kyiv’s implementation of the Minsk Agreements, the agreements of the Normandy-format summit, or our bilateral relations with Ukraine, we are always open to such dialogue. Unfortunately, so far, we have seen no such desire,” Lavrov said in response to a question from the media on the Foreign Ministry’s website.
Kuleba said in an interview that Lavrov ostensibly has no desire to communicate with him.
“We never avoid substantive and constructive dialogue with anyone. I spoke to Minister Kuleba via video link on April 30 of this year, during a meeting of the Normandy-format foreign ministers. In early September, he requested a telephone conversation with me while I was on a trip to Syria. He wanted to discuss an incident on the conflict line in Donbas. As far as is known, the issue was examined by the [Trilateral] Contact Group a couple of days later,” Lavrov said.
“On such topics, Kyiv should contact Donbas directly, as is envisaged by the Minsk Package of Measures, rather than try to politicize the situation and resolve issues through mediators in Moscow, Berlin, and Paris,” he said.
(c) Interfax
“On such topics, Kyiv should contact Donbas directly, as is envisaged by the Minsk Package of Measures, rather than try to politicize the situation and resolve issues through mediators in Moscow, Berlin, and Paris,” he said.
Ukraine don’t negotiate with terrorists horseface. If Muscovy want to take the dead agreements seriously, remove your trash from Ukraine.
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They previously admitted that there is a conflict between Russia and Ukraine in Donbas, then the talks should be between these two parties and not with the puppets in the self-proclaimed republics.
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“…Kyiv should contact Donbas directly, as is envisaged by the Minsk Package of Measures…” ??
There is no such provision in Minsk 2. If he is referring to way down on the list, like 8 or 9. those relate to decentralization and elections…neither of which need any contact with the Occupiers because those actions would be done under Ukrainian law.
Laughrov is a dipshit.
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Every day a new story. Moscow are involved, then they are not involved. Crimea is RuSSia but we want water from Ukraine. This is all drivel after too many shots of vodka.
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The old saying goes, never drink on an empty head.
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Mike never do 😂
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GFY!
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I had some Mumm tonight. Was great, except for the hole in the ceiling. 😀
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I need to wait until New Years Eve 😉
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“We never avoid substantive and constructive dialogue with anyone.”
But, that’s just the problem, horse face. Mafia land never says anything constructive and whatever its dumbass representatives say is without any substance.
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German investments in RuSSia stay strong, despite the sanctions, BILD reports. Good to have them krauts in the Minsk group… not.
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