Tuesday, 02 January 2024 12:17 GMT

Lavrov: 'Moscow Ready to Push for Peaceful Solution in East Ukraine'


(MENAFN- QNA) Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday that his country is ready to do everything it can to encourage rival sides warring in east Ukraine to seek a peaceful solution to the conflict.

A Russian Foreign Ministry statement said the two held a phone call on Sunday in which Kerry proposed to widen the group of international players trying to help peace talks between Kiev and rebels in east Ukraine's regions of Donetsk and Luhansk.

"Lavrov highlighted Russia's readiness to do everything in its power to encourage parties towards a peaceful solution," the statement said.

It added that "any real results can only be achieved through direct dialogue between Donetsk and Luhansk, which Kiev is avoiding by all means, clearly having set a course for military suppression of south-east Ukraine."



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