Kuleva has pointed out that the meeting “had been easy and difficult at the same time”, with Lavrov maintaining “his usual speech on Ukraine”. Lavrov, for his part, has advanced that Putin is willing to meet with Zelensky.
Ukraine and Russia have made no progress today on opening a humanitarian corridor to evacuate the city of Mariupol, located by Russian troops, nor to achieve a Stop the fireannounced the Ukrainian Foreign Minister, Dmytro Kuleva, after a meeting with his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov.
“I have come with a humanitarian goal. To open a humanitarian corridor for people who want to leave Mariupol. Unfortunately, Minister Lavrov was not in a position to commit, he said. kulev to the media after the brief meeting.
The minister pointed out that the meeting “had been easy and difficult at the same time“, Lavrov maintaining “his usual speech on Ukraine”, and has stressed that his own purpose in the interview had been humanitarian.
“The most critical place is now Mariupol, bombarded from the air and with artillery. I came here to get a humanitarian corridor that allows civilians who want to flee the city and to bring humanitarian aid,” Kuleva said.
Dmitry Kuleba
“We also talk about a 24-hour ceasefire to resolve the humanitarian affairs more urgent. We have not made progress, because apparently in Russia there are other people who decide that,” the diplomat stressed.
“I believe that when two foreign ministers meet, they have a mandate to negotiate, because it has been entrusted to them by their leaders, their Parliament, and I am willing to move forward on this to end the suffering of civilians and allow them to leave the areas occupied by Russian forces,” Kuleva concluded.
Lavrov: “Putin is ready to meet with Zelensky”
Sergei Lavrov, for his part, has assured that the head of the Kremlin, Vladimir Putinis ready to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskybut only if it is about reaching agreements.
In a press conference, Lavrov stated that Putin is willing to meet with Zelensky if this meeting provides “added value” and is not organized just to hold it.
Sergei Lavrov
In addition, he has ruled out “any future dependency on the West”, since, he said, “we know that we will betray again, as it betrays its own values”.
Lavrov has made this statement after arguing that the only possible format to start talks with Ukraine is the meetings in Belarus.
In his appearance, he challenged the sanctions against his country and the US ban on its imports, stating that “we have a sufficient market for our energy and we always will”.
Lastly, he denied that in the Mariupol children’s hospitalwhich was attacked on Tuesday, had patients and has accused “the Western media” of only presenting “the Ukrainian point of view”.
Source: Eitb
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