Russia is seriously considering the US proposals to end the war in Ukraine, but wants Washington to take into account what Moscow considers to be the main causes of the conflict, a senior Russian diplomat told state media today, Reuters reported, quoted by BTA.
„Attempts are currently being made to find a certain scheme that would first allow us to achieve a cessation of hostilities, as is being considered by the Americans. And then move on to some other models and schemes, in which, as far as we can judge, there is no place for our main requirement today, namely the resolution of the problems related to the root causes of this conflict. This is completely absent and we need to solve this“, said Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov in an interview with the magazine “Mezhdunarodnaya Zhizn“.
“We take the models and solutions proposed by the Americans very seriously, but we also cannot accept them in their current form. We have a deeply and thoroughly thought-out set of our own priorities and approaches on the subject, which are being worked out, including by our negotiating team at the recent talks with the Americans in Riyadh“, the diplomat added.