By Free Republic | Created at 2024-12-06 17:21:08 | Updated at 2024-12-22 22:00:06
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Sergei Lavrov...... in interview with Tucker Carlson as he discusses what it would take to END war in Ukraine........
Daily Mail ^ | 12/6/2024 | David Aveer
Posted on 12/06/2024 9:16:32 AM PST by caww
The proposals by three key advisers, including Trump's incoming Russia-Ukraine envoy, retired Army Lieutenant-General Keith Kellogg, share some elements, including taking NATO membership for Ukraine off the table.
Trump's advisers would try forcing Moscow and Kyiv into negotiations with carrots and sticks, including halting military aid to Kyiv unless it agrees to talk but boosting assistance if the Russian President refuses.
When asked about his view of Donald Trump, who is set to return to the White House next month, Lavrov described him as 'a very strong person, a person who wants results, who doesn't like procrastination on anything.'
But he dismissed the idea that Trump is in any way 'pro-Russian', saying that the Kremlin will wait to examine the president-elect's attitude toward Russia and the Ukraine conflict.
'He's very friendly in discussions but this does not mean that he's pro-Russian as some people try to present him. The amount of sanctions we received under him was very very big.
'As Putin said, we have been open all along with contacts, with the current administration... we hope that when Donald Trump is inaugurated we will understand.
'The ball, as Putin said, is on their side.'
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1 posted on 12/06/2024 9:16:32 AM PST by caww
To: caww
Why not draw the demilitarized zone on the other side of the river?
2 posted on 12/06/2024 9:19:57 AM PST by jdege
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