Russia will consider international security guarantees only in the case of a Ukraine that has friendly relations with Moscow, declared on Thursday the Russian foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, quoted by the Interfax agency, reports Agerpres.
In an intervention held in Moscow, Lavrov stated that Russian authorities do not know the details of any possible agreements between the United States and Ukraine regarding security guarantees.
However, he warned that, “if the goal is to preserve (the current) regime in a part of the former Ukraine’s territory so that this regime can then be used as a bridgehead for threats against Russia, then… such guarantees will hardly ensure a reliable peace.”
According to the head of Russian diplomacy, Moscow remains open to collective security agreements in the region, provided that these include the security of the Russian Federation.
Lavrov’s statements come in the context where the president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, recently stated that an agreement with the United States regarding security guarantees for Ukraine is almost finalized. The Russian foreign minister specifically referred to the comments of the American Secretary of State, Marco Rubio.