The Russian Foreign Minister rejected the announced peace agreement between Ukraine and NATO, claiming that the proposals were made by advisers to President-elect Trump.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov His comments came during an interview with Russia's state-run TASS news agency on Monday. During the interview, Lavrov claimed that the United States plans to “suspend hostilities along the Line of Contact and transfer responsibility for the confrontation with Russia to the Europeans.”
“We are of course not happy with the proposals made by members of the Trump team to postpone Ukraine's accession to NATO for 20 years and the deployment of British and European peacekeeping forces in Ukraine,” the Foreign Secretary said, although this agreement has not yet been reached. Announced by any American official.
Lavrov said that the proposal came through “leaks” and the recent interview Trump conducted with Trump time magazine, But Trump's interview did not include any references to NATO. The Foreign Minister also claimed that NATO “has been expanding its reach for many years, which has become one of the main causes of the Ukrainian crisis.”
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov rejected the Ukraine peace deal reportedly proposed by the Trump team. (Getty Images)
“Those who accuse Russia of various actions should be advised to look in the mirror instead,” the Foreign Minister said later during the interview. “NATO soldiers and mercenaries are openly involved in planning combat operations and fighting alongside the Ukrainian Armed Forces,” he added.
Lavrov continued: “NATO is complicit in the invasion of the Kursk region and in long-range missile strikes inside Russia.” “President Vladimir Putin made this very clear in his recent public statements,” he added.
During the Time Magazine Person of the Year interview, Trump said ending the Russia-Ukraine war was “an advantage for both sides” and claimed that Russia would not have invaded Ukraine if he had been president in 2022.
Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold his annual end-of-year press conference in Moscow on December 19, 2024. (Alexander Nemenov/AFP via Getty Images)
He added, “I strongly disagree with sending missiles hundreds of miles into Russia. Why would we do that?” Trump said at the time. “We are only escalating this war and making it worse… (but) I want to reach an agreement, and the only way to reach an agreement is not to give it up.”
Lavrov's latest interview came a week after the Russian president's interview Vladimir Putin He expressed his willingness to compromise with Trump, despite his insistence that Russia is in a stronger position than it was in 2022.
“Soon, we will run out of Ukrainians who want to fight. In my opinion, soon there will be no one left who wants to fight,” Putin was quoted as saying. He added: “We are ready, but the other side must be prepared for negotiations and settlements.”
We have always said that we are ready for negotiations and settlements.
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US President-elect Donald Trump smiles during Turning Point USA's AmericaFest at the Phoenix Convention Center on December 22, 2024 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Rebecca Noble/Getty Images)
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Reuters contributed to this report.
