Sergey Lavrov:
"Without illusions, and having learned from experience, we very much hope that this time the United States government will have the determination to continue this dialogue with an eye toward achieving a fair balance of interests, in which no one's security will be harmed."
"In Abu Dhabi, at the proposal of the American side, which was agreed upon with us, issues of ensuring collective security in this region will be discussed within the framework of guarantees that will come into effect after reaching a full and comprehensive settlement. This is the main difference between the current administration and the Biden administration, which, as mentioned, arrogantly refused to even discuss collective security."
"Without illusions, and having learned from experience, we very much hope that this time the United States government will have the determination to continue this dialogue with an eye toward achieving a fair balance of interests, in which no one's security will be harmed."
"We have no illusions about the Trump administration, I want to say that right away. But, without any illusions, with an understanding of the deep contradictions about how international politics should develop, of course, it is always better to talk. This was the case during the Cold War, when our military talked to the US military, and this is what is happening now in our relations with the US."
"And the last attempt at time was in December 2021, when we tried to prevent the inevitable, as the president explained more than once: we knew very well that with the support of the West, a powerful force repression of the Donbass - the republics of Donetsk and Lugansk - is being prepared in earnest. And we could not allow that to happen, especially since the leaders of the Russian Federation turned to the protection of these Russian republics."