Lavrov Seeks Clarification on US Claims of Failed Ukraine Proposals
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov questioned US Secretary of State Marco Rubio's assertion that proposals to resolve the Ukraine conflict, made at the Russia-US summit in Alaska, had failed, seeking clarification on what exactly failed.
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Why It Matters
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov responded to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio's statement about the failure of Ukraine conflict resolution proposals made at the Russia-US summit in Alaska. Lavrov recalled that Russian President Vladimir Putin had brought US proposals, approved by Donald Trump and accepted by Russia, to the Alaska summit.
CHOLPON-ATA /Kyrgyzstan/, July 24. /TASS/. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said he'd like to know what exactly US Secretary of State Marco Rubio meant when he said that the proposals to resolve the Ukraine conflict made at the Russia-US summit in Alaska had failed.
"As regards [the assertion that] the Anchorage agreements failed, we will perhaps need to clarify exactly who failed," Russia’s top diplomat told reporters. He recalled that Russian President Vladimir Putin had brought US proposals approved by American leader Donald Trump and accepted by Russia to the Alaska summit.
"As long as there is a proposal and agreement, did the Anchorage [summit] yield coordinated results perhaps? It did. And President Trump <…> has repeatedly said it was our proposal, partially based on a compromise. We accepted that, that that was a compromised-based proposal," Lavrov recounted. "But he [Trump] added that [Vladimir] Zelensky would do what he had proposed. Well, that failed," he argued.
Open Questions
- What specific proposals did Marco Rubio refer to as having failed?
- How will the US respond to Lavrov's request for clarification?
