Russia says discussing Ukraine security guarantees without Moscow 'road to nowhere'
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned on Wednesday that discussing any Western security guarantees for Ukraine without Russian involvement was a "road to nowhere".
"The West understands perfectly well that seriously discussing security guarantees without the Russian Federation is a utopia, a road to nowhere," Lavrov told reporters.
"We cannot agree that it is now suggested to solve collective security issues without the Russian Federation," he said.
Lavrov also accused European leaders of making "clumsy attempts" to change U.S. President Donald Trump's position on Ukraine.
"We have only seen aggressive escalation of the situation and rather clumsy attempts to change the position of the U.S. president," he said, referring to Trump's meeting on Monday with European leaders and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
"We did not hear any constructive ideas from the Europeans there," he said.
Source: Agence France Presse
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