
First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on International Relations Alexei Chepa said that attempts to isolate Russia in the international arena have completely failed, citing Sergei Lavrov’s speech at a UN Security Council meeting, where the minister confirmed his readiness for negotiations on Ukraine, but refused to suspend the special military operation for the period of negotiations.
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The article describes Alexey Chepa’s statement about the failure of attempts to isolate Russia in the international arena, citing Sergei Lavrov’s speech at the UN Security Council meeting on Ukraine.
Attempts to isolate Russia in the international arena have completely failed, Chepa said.
At a meeting of the UN Security Council, Lavrov confirmed Russia’s readiness for negotiations on Ukraine, but emphasized that he would not pause in a special military operation during the negotiations.
MOSCOW, September 24 - RIA Novosti. Attempts to isolate Russia in the international arena have completely failed; the speech of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at a meeting of the UN Security Council was a clear confirmation of this, said Alexei Chepa, First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on International Relations.
On Wednesday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, during his speech at a meeting of the UN Security Council on Ukraine, recalled that Russia has repeatedly confirmed its readiness for negotiations to achieve a sustainable and just peace in Ukraine, but learned from bitter experience, it will not pause in a special military operation during the negotiations.
“Yes, he speaks in full (about the failure of the attempt to isolate Russia at the UN - ed.). And Lavrov’s speech clearly showed this. We saw what kind of reaction people had,” Lenta.ru quotes Chepa as saying.

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