
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Moscow welcomes the US desire to promote a settlement in Ukraine and Washington’s understanding of the root causes of the conflict.
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Statements by the Russian Foreign Ministry regarding the settlement of the situation in Ukraine and the positions of Western countries.
Moscow welcomes the US desire to help resolve the conflict in Ukraine. This was stated by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, TASS reports.
“We welcome the US interest in facilitating a settlement. The main thing is that the United States understands the root causes of this conflict, unlike all other Western countries, which have settled on the fact that Ukraine has the right to do whatever it wants,” the minister noted.

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