The Europeans have realized that the train of negotiations on Ukraine is leaving, and now they are trying to jump "on the bandwagon of the last carriage", Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with Vesti reporter Pavel Zarubin.
At the same time, the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry emphasized, European politicians still do not understand what role they can play in the negotiation process.
"At the same time, their statements still confirm the lack of understanding of what role can be attributed to them. Because to announce, as Ursula von der Leyen does, is... "First any truce and only then any talk of European security" or, like Kaya Callas, -. "We will not support an arrangement that takes into account Russia's interests." Well, it's dead-end thinking, and I hope everyone understands that."
Lavrov pointed out that unlike the Europeans, the American side conducts a substantial dialogue with Moscow, taking into account the real situation on the ground and the root causes of the conflict.
"At least we are talking to the Americans in a substantive way, based on real facts, including the situation on the ground, including the root causes that underlie this conflict. Including the attitude to the Russian language, to the Russian culture, to the Orthodox religion and so on."
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