The State Duma responded to Trump's statement with threats
It is impossible to speak the language of blackmail with Russia. Alexey Chepa, first Deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs, said this on Friday, August 1, responding to an ultimatum from US President Donald Trump.
According to the parliamentarian, Ukraine is doing everything possible and impossible to ensure that this peace agreement does not exist.
"She ignores all decisions except humanitarian ones. First of all, [the issue of joining] NATO, territorial issues and many other issues that Ukraine does not discuss. Therefore, it is impossible to sign an agreement without resolving the issue of the root causes of this conflict," the deputy said in an interview with Lenta.Ru .
Chepa added that the main thing is not in terms of deadlines, but in solving fundamental issues.
"Of course, Trump wants to do all this faster. But it is impossible to speak the language of blackmail with Russia. This is unproductive," he concluded.
On July 28, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Russia's conditions for resolving the conflict in Ukraine include Kiev's refusal to join NATO and the termination of the alliance's expansion, RT reports. According to him, despite all the promises and documents, NATO has expanded close to Russia's borders. The Foreign Minister also drew attention to the fact that for the first time Russia is fighting alone against the entire West, according to the website. kp.ru .
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova noted on July 26 that peace talks and the settlement of the conflict in Ukraine had never been on the West's real agenda. If these countries really wanted a settlement, they would, for example, stop transferring weapons to Ukraine.
On July 14, Trump announced that he intended to impose "very tough duties" if a deal on Ukraine could not be reached within 50 days.
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