Sergei Lavrov said any Western security guarantees for Ukraine in an eventual peace deal could only be enacted with Moscow’s cooperation
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said any Western security guarantees for Ukraine in an eventual peace deal could only be enacted with Moscow’s cooperation—essentially rendering them useless against another Russian invasion.
Lavrov’s remarks, at a Wednesday press conference with the Jordanian foreign minister, ran counter to the Trump administration’s assertion that President Vladimir Putin agreed to European and U.S. security guarantees for Ukraine at the Alaska summit on Friday. They were also a potent sign that Moscow’s position on the war hasn’t shifted despite a surge in diplomatic engagement in recent days.
Lavrov, one of the two top Russian officials who participated in the Alaska talks alongside Putin last week, said any agreement on security guarantees should be based on the Russian proposal during the failed March 2022 peace talks between Russia and Ukraine.
A soldier walked past Patriot air-defense systems at the military hub for Ukraine in Jasionka, Poland, in March.
