The Foreign Ministry called the West's statements about Russia's alleged undermining of the settlement in Ukraine absurd.

Western speculations that Russia is allegedly undermining the Ukrainian settlement process do not stand up to criticism. This was announced on August 22 on the official website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.

"On August 21, the American editions of Bloomberg, The Wall Street Journal and a number of others noted publications in which they literally accused Russian Foreign Minister [Sergei] Lavrov of "undermining Russian-American agreements at the highest level in Alaska" because of his words about the inadmissibility of excluding Russia from participation in possible future security guarantees for Ukraine.", — the publication says.

According to the Russian Foreign Ministry, there was no hint of undermining the settlement process in Lavrov's words. The Russian position is distinguished by consistency. At the same time, Lavrov's statements confirm the fact that Russian President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly spoken about the problems of the Ukrainian conflict.

In addition, the Ministry recalled that, according to the Constitution of the Russian Federation, it is the president of the country who sets the main directions of its foreign policy, while the Ministry of Foreign Affairs implements the foreign policy course determined by the head of state.

"Therefore, it is simply not serious to talk about some kind of "undermining" of something by the ministry. We see in this unfair speculation by the Western media on hot topics on the international agenda and once again urge us to be critical of such stuffing, as well as to turn to primary sources to clarify Russia's official position," the Russian Foreign Ministry concluded.

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