Sergey Lavrov: “I see no European diplomacy here… This is not diplomacy. It is degradation of foreign policy into little more than sanctions and, in some cases, outright appropriation of others’ assets, as was the case with Russia’s gold and foreign exchange reserves”
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Sergey Lavrov: “The Alaska summit demonstrated that the US administration is genuinely committed to a settlement not to rearm Ukraine for war (as occurred after the Minsk agreements), but to ensure this crisis never recurs – guaranteeing the lawful rights of all states in this region and the peoples inhabiting them”
Commentary by Aide to the President of Russia Yury Ushakov following a telephone conversation between Vladimir Putin and President of the United States Donald Trump
Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova: “We reiterate our long-standing position of unequivocally rejecting any scenarios involving the deployment of NATO military contingents in Ukraine”
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