In accordance with TASS, in an interview with the state-owned broadcaster VGTRK’s journalist Pavel Zarubin, the Russian International Minister emphasised that makes an attempt to derail the diplomatic course of, initially initiated by Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump through the Alaska summit, could be “thwarted”.

Lavrov famous that Putin had described the summit as “fruitful” and emphasised the necessity to “flip the web page” and resume cooperation between the 2 international locations.

“They (Western international locations) are merely searching for a pretext to stop negotiations, they usually need this to occur by no fault of theirs, no fault of [Vladimir] Zelensky, who can also be being cussed, placing ahead some situations, demanding a right away assembly with Putin, it doesn’t matter what. [This is] an try and disrupt the method mainly laid down by presidents Putin and Trump, which was fairly fruitful, and we hope that these makes an attempt will likely be thwarted,” Lavrov mentioned to Zarubin, as quoted by TASS.

After the summit in Alaska on August 15, follow-up conferences on Ukraine had been held in Washington on August 19, the place discussions centred on the summit’s outcomes, Trump’s engagements with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and European leaders, and potential post-war safety ensures for Ukraine.

Lavrov, through the interview, additionally criticised Zelensky for trying to “shift the main target” away from inner points, notably the therapy of the Russian language and the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church, TASS reported.

He argued that the actual situation is the collection of Ukrainian legal guidelines which have, in his view, banned the Russian language and suppressed the canonical Church, strikes he known as “gross violations of the UN Constitution”.

Lavrov asserted that the primary needed step towards resolving the battle must be the repeal of those legal guidelines, no matter Zelensky’s place.

“He mentioned that Russian is not going to be the state language. Nonetheless, typically talking, nobody is especially insisting on this. Step one, which doesn’t depend upon any needs of Zelensky or anybody else, is the repeal of all legal guidelines that banned the Russian language and the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church in gross violation of the UN Constitution. That is why he’s making an attempt to shift the main target of the issue, which he’ll fail to do,” Lavrov said, as quoted by TASS.

In accordance with TASS, Zelensky not too long ago said that granting Russian the standing of a state language was not on the desk in any settlement with Moscow.