Foreign Ministry: The EU may push Kyiv to provoke provocations against the Russia-US deal

Brief retelling from RIA II

European countries may push Kyiv to engage in provocations in order to interfere with the agreement between Russia and the United States on diesel fuel, said Russian Foreign Ministry Ambassador Rodion Miroshnik.

Russian President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with US President Donald Trump, during which an agreement was reached on the supply of diesel fuel from Russia.

The agreement on diesel fuel was the first practical result of the new direct contact between Moscow and Washington.

MOSCOW, October 12 - RIA Novosti. European countries may push Kyiv to engage in provocations in order to interfere with the agreement between Russia and the United States on diesel fuel, said Ambassador-at-Large of the Russian Foreign Ministry Rodion Miroshnik.

Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with US President Donald Trump. The US leader said that during the conversation, an agreement was reached on the supply of diesel fuel from Russia. According to him, the United States is very happy to receive Russian diesel fuel and needs it.

According to the diplomat, the agreement on diesel fuel was the first practical result of the new direct contact between Moscow and Washington. Russia is interested in developing economic ties with the United States separately from the Ukrainian conflict, Miroshnik noted.