Sergei Lavrov mentioned President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s solutions had been absurd. (File)

Moscow:

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov mentioned on Wednesday that Moscow had but to see any critical proposals for peace in Ukraine and that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s solutions had been absurd.

Mr Lavrov mentioned Moscow stood prepared to debate the battle with Western international locations and to reply to any critical proposals, however that any talks wanted to deal with Russia’s wider safety issues.

Speaking at a information convention in Moscow, Mr Lavrov known as once more for NATO to take away its “military infrastructure” from Ukraine and different international locations near Russia’s borders.

“There can be no talk of negotiations with Zelenskiy,” Mr Lavrov mentioned, describing the Ukrainian chief’s 10-point plan unveiled final November as consisting of “completely absurd initiatives”.

“As for the prospects for negotiations between Russia and the West on the Ukrainian issue, we will be ready to respond to any serious proposals. (But) we don’t see any serious proposals yet. We will be ready to consider them and decide,” Mr Lavrov mentioned.

Sergei Lavrov mentioned statements by Western governments that they might not talk about something about Ukraine with out Kyiv’s involvement had been “all nonsense”, as a result of the West was truly taking the selections.

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