MOSCOW, August 21. /TASS/. Representatives of the Kiev regime clearly indicate that they are not committed to a just and lasting resolution of the conflict in Ukraine, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Thursday.
"The Ukrainian regime and its representatives comment on the current situation in a very specific way, directly showing that they are not interested in a sustainable, just and long-term settlement [of the conflict]," Lavrov said at a news conference after talks with Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar in Moscow.
In this regard, Lavrov referred to one of the recent statements made by Vladimir Zelensky’s aide Mikhail Podolyak, who, commenting on the situation regarding possible security guarantees, said that: "Ukraine will keep pushing for the sanctionable destruction of the Russian Federation and the Russian economy’s slump, until Ukraine receives such [security] guarantees and accepts the fact that - as he said - a part of the country’s territories would remain temporarily occupied."
"In other words, the goals pursued by the current Ukrainian authorities and, obviously, backed by Western sponsors of the Kiev regime, are directed against the efforts of [US President Donald] Trump," Lavrov concluded.
