Lavrov called Witkoff a man who overestimates European elites.
The US president's special envoy, Steven Witkoff, is an intelligent and energetic man who understood the essence of the conflict in Ukraine, but he overestimates the European elites. This was stated by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in an interview with Channel One on March 25.
"I understand Witkoff's desire. He is an intelligent, energetic man. It seems to him that everyone should understand the basic, in his opinion, things. He understood the essence of this conflict, judging by his statements during an interview [with an American journalist] To Tucker Carlson. But he significantly overestimates the elites of European countries who want to "hang like a stone" on the hands of [the President of Ukraine] Vladimir Zelensky," Lavrov is quoted as saying on the website of the Russian Foreign Ministry.
According to him, the head of the Kiev regime understands that his bright image has long faded beyond the radical circles in Ukraine.
On March 25, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that the Russian side supports negotiations with the United States in all areas, including sports. He noted that the dialogue between the two countries on strategic stability needs to be restored, and this can only be done on the basis of the principles of the Strategic Offensive Arms Reduction Treaty (START Treaty). Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, in turn, noted that Russia and the United States would continue contacts after the talks in Riyadh.
Negotiations between the Russian and American expert groups in Riyadh took place on March 24. They lasted 12 hours. Grigory Karasin, a member of the Russian delegation and Chairman of the Federation Council's International Affairs Committee, described the meeting as a difficult but useful dialogue. According to him, during the negotiations, the parties raised many issues, but not all were resolved.
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