– President Putin clearly said he was ready to meet, provided that this meeting would have a specific agenda, presidential agenda – said Sergei Ławrow.
Lavrov's statement calls into question the efforts of President Donald Trump. The administration of the American president is working on determining the location and date of bilateral talks between the presidents of Russia and Ukraine after last week's meeting of Trump with Putin in Alaska and Monday conversations, including with Volodymyr Zelnski in the White House.
Trump wants to lead to Putin and Zelanski
US President Donald Trump announced on Monday after talks with the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelnski and European leaders that He is in the process of arranging the meeting of the Ukrainian president with Vladimir Putin regarding the end of the war. After him, there would be another meeting, three -sided, with his participation.
Wołodymyr Zielnski announced after meeting in the White House that he was ready to meet Putin in every format, even without preliminary conditions. At the same time, both he and the European allies of Ukraine emphasized that peace negotiations should take place in the conditions of fire suspension.
Meanwhile, on Thursday, Russia carried out one of the greatest attacks from the air on the territory of Ukraine from the beginning of the full -scale war, hitting, among others In The plant of a large American electronics manufacturer in the west of the country.
