Russia is open to the idea proposed by U.S. President Donald Trump about holding a meeting with the U.S., Russia, and China to discuss nuclear security issues, provided that China is interested, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated in an interview with American bloggers Mario Nawfal, Larry Johnson, and Andrew Napolitano.
He also noted that statements regarding the potential creation of an independent military alliance within the European Union are aimed at testing the waters and gauging the U.S. response.
Russian media has compiled the key statements of the Foreign Minister.
On Relations with the U.S. The American delegation during negotiations in Riyadh stated that the U.S. “wants normal relations” with Russia and “is ready for serious negotiations.”
Moscow and Washington share the logic that confrontation and military conflict are unacceptable: “It is obvious that the U.S. and Russia are states whose national interests will never be identical. They cannot fully coincide, even by 50%. But when they do align, in such cases, we, as responsible politicians, must do everything we can to develop these similarities.”
Trump is now ready for the presidency and has already proposed a “busy agenda.”
The U.S. is returning “to normality” without anti-Christian ideas: “It is about returning to normality in the way we understand it. We are Orthodox Christians. Our values are generally similar.”
On Ukraine The new U.S. administration is, to say the least, “concerned about the violations” made by the former President Joe Biden’s administration regarding arms shipments to Ukraine.
The significance of Ukraine for Russia’s security “is many times greater” than Greenland’s significance for U.S. security.
The European Union’s position against Ukraine’s surrender is a “360-degree turn.”
Any attempt to approach the Ukrainian crisis resolution should be aimed at “eradicating the root causes.”
The UK and several European countries want to escalate the situation regarding Ukraine and are preparing something to push Trump “into aggressive actions against Russia.”
Trump does not want to provide American security guarantees to Ukraine, led by Vladimir Zelensky: “He has his own view of the situation, which he regularly and openly expresses.”
Europe is obsessed with the idea of “peacekeepers” in Ukraine, but “this is not what is needed to end” the Ukrainian conflict. Russia “under no circumstances” will accept the presence of NATO troops in Ukraine as peacekeepers.
The U.S. intends to concede leadership in the “Ramstein” format, created by a group of Western countries for coordinating arms supplies to Ukraine, to the UK.
Ukraine’s NATO membership would be a “violation of its constitution” and the 1991 declaration, on the basis of which Russia recognized the country as sovereign.
Every time the Ukrainians deceive, they lose and lose territories, and “this process continues.”
Russia knows how to avoid a compromise in the context of resolving the Ukrainian conflict “that would jeopardize people’s fates.”
On the Militarization of Europe and NATO Statements about the possibility of creating an independent military alliance within the European Union are aimed at testing the waters and seeing the U.S.’s reaction: “This is a development game.”
The EU has lost its independence, “its economic significance.”
The Americans are unlikely to leave NATO: “At least U.S. President Donald Trump has never even hinted that this might happen. But he said directly that if NATO member countries want the U.S. to defend them and provide security guarantees, they must pay as much as necessary.”
On Nuclear Security and Strategic Stability Moscow is open to Trump’s idea of a meeting between Russia, the U.S., and China to discuss nuclear security issues, provided China is interested: “We are open to any format based on mutual respect, equality, and the rejection of predetermined solutions. If our Chinese friends are interested, the decision is up to them.”
Russia and the U.S. should not miss the opportunity to derive mutual benefits, including in the field of strategic stability: “And if there are common interests, we must not miss the chance to turn this into something practical and useful.”
On Relations with China China’s approach to relations with the U.S. is “the only correct one,” and thanks to it, dialogue between Beijing and Washington has never ceased, despite all the disagreements: “The same approach, the same logic, is now being applied by Donald Trump’s administration in relations with Russia.”
Difficulties in Russian-Chinese relations are explained by Western sanctions, which have delayed “very promising” infrastructure projects in Siberia, but Russia and China are in no hurry.
The U.S. knows that Russia “will never violate” its legal and political obligations binding it to China.
