Lavrov: We Accepted US Ukraine Terms – Now Washington Is Stalling

February 10 ------ Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Russia had accepted US proposals on Ukraine during talks in Anchorage but accused Washington of abandoning its own initiative.

Speaking during an interview with TV BRICS, Lavrov said the United States is no longer prepared to follow through on the plan discussed during Russian President Vladimir Putin’s meeting with US President Donald Trump in Alaska last summer. He added that the Trump administration had not reversed restrictions imposed under former President Joe Biden, instead introducing new sanctions against Russian energy giants Lukoil and Rosneft.

“And they did so in the fall, a couple of weeks after the very good meeting between Putin and Trump in Anchorage,” he said. “They’re telling us that we need to solve the Ukrainian problem. Well, in Anchorage, we accepted the US’s proposal. So, if we approach it like that, like men, they made the proposal, we agreed, and the problem must be solved,” he added.

According to Lavrov, the US position had been key for Russia during negotiations. “It doesn’t matter what they say in Ukraine or Europe; we clearly see the abject Russophobia of most regimes in the European Union, with rare exceptions. The United States’ position was important to us.” “We accepted the US proposal,” he said, adding that Russia believed this could open the way to “full-scale, broad, and mutually beneficial cooperation.”

Instead, Lavrov claimed, Washington imposed fresh sanctions, supported what he described as actions against Russian tankers on the high seas, and attempted to block India and other partners from purchasing Russian energy. He also accused the US of pursuing economic dominance and ignoring international maritime law. “So, they proposed something on Ukraine, we were ready – and now they’re not. Furthermore, we don’t see any bright future in the economic sphere,” Lavrov added.

Source: kyivpost.com