Calling for a ceasefire for the sake of exchanging territories is not serious! Lavrov, Russia

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov spoke at the 7th ministerial meeting of the Russia-Gulf Cooperation Council Strategic Dialogue in Riyadh. In particular, Lavrov answered a question about possible negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, and which country is being considered as a venue for these negotiations.

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00:00Moscow has repeatedly said that after the adventure in the Kursk region there can be no talk of any negotiations. Has anything changed in recent days, considering what Sholes and Zelensky himself have said on this matter?

00:17Thank you. Well, first of all, regarding the situation with the terrorist attack of the armed forces of Ukraine on the Kursk region, and, by the way,

00:30the ongoing terrorist attacks on targets in other border regions. I mean Belgorod as well. I would like to draw your attention to the words of President Putin,

00:42which he said at the Eastern Economic Forum a few days ago, when he called the liberation of the Kursk region and the entire territory of the Russian Federation,

00:56where enemy neo-Nazis are committing lawlessness, a sacred duty of our armed forces, in this regard. Since you referred to various initiatives, and Zelensky's initiative has long been known, everyone is fed up with it.

01:12It is a pure ultimatum, and the fact that the West is clinging to this ultimatum means only one thing. The West does not want to negotiate honestly. The West wants to continue to do everything so that Russia, as they hope, would approach a situation where it will be possible to declare

01:36that we have suffered a strategic defeat on the battlefield. They want to weaken their competitors, therefore, we have never even seriously considered Zelensky's formula, and we only expressed surprise that someone is still falling for it, but, of course, this is being done under pressure from the West.

01:56There are other initiatives as well, you mentioned that Chancellor Scholz said that it is time to start negotiating. The German press and other media contain hints that the territorial issue will have to be resolved taking into account the realities on the ground. It is not about territories.

02:20We never wanted someone else's land. We just wanted people who are an integral part of the Russian world, Russian culture, Russian language, history, religion, to be treated humanely, as required by international law, numerous conventions on human rights, on the rights of national minorities, and, above all,

02:48as required by the Charter of the United Nations. Numerous ideas floating around Zelensky's formula usually begin with words about the need to stop hostilities and comply with international law, meaning ensuring the territorial integrity of Ukraine.

03:10International law says more than this. Firstly, territorial integrity is guaranteed for those states whose governments represent all the people living in the relevant territory. This is a unanimous decision of the General Assembly. The fact that neo-Nazis in Kiev after the coup d'état did not represent anyone in the eastern part of Ukraine, in Novorossiya, in Crimea, in my opinion, is not worth mentioning.

03:38But something else is more important. The main thing is that the UN Charter requires respect for the rights of any person, regardless of race, gender, language and religion. This is the root of the conflict in Ukraine. Because after the coup d'état, the rights of people who are involved in Russian culture were exterminated.

04:06Now the Russian language is legally prohibited in all spheres of life – in education, in the media, in art, culture, and even in everyday life. In addition to these laws, Zelensky has just adopted and signed a law on the de facto ban of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.

04:26And I draw your attention to the fact that not a single initiative – I am not even talking about Zelensky now. But not a single initiative, including the one that is put forward by our good colleagues and partners with the best intentions. Not a single one of these initiatives concerns the rights of people who speak Russian in the lands that Zelensky has taken.

04:54And I spoke about this topic today with my colleagues from Brazil, from India. Since they are showing a certain and understandable interested approach to somehow helping to overcome this crisis. I drew their attention to the fact that this is a key problem. When the Kiev regime began to declare people terrorists only.

05:20Because they did not accept the coup d'état and refused to submit to the putschists, who declared their goal immediately after the coup d'état to destroy everything Russian, and to expel Russians from Crimea, in particular, there was such a slogan there too. We are drawing the attention of our colleagues to this. We are also talking about this with our Chinese friends.

05:46Until everyone looks at the root of this problem, nothing will work and, of course, in this regard, we are very positive about the well-known initiative of Chairman Xi Jinping on global security, which states

06:08that any conflict should be considered from the root causes. That served as the beginning of a particular conflict situation. This fully applies to the Ukrainian crisis. And only by understanding the root causes can they be reliably eliminated.

06:32Hello, Alexey Konopko, Russia One TV channel. Several months ago, there were reports in the press that Saudi Arabia could become a platform for a real peace conference on Ukraine, whenever it takes place. Is this option being considered by Moscow? Has this option been discussed today? And you just mentioned the words of our President. Do they mean that there is no agenda for a ceasefire now, or do they mean that there are no such conferences on the agenda now? Thank you, well.

07:02Please understand that the issue is not about where to gather, in what circle. But issue is about what to discuss. If we discuss calls for a ceasefire and think about territorial exchanges, then this is not serious. Because I say again that the problem is not in the territories, but in the rights of people who have been trampled by law and

07:31which none of the initiatives in the political space has yet mentioned. When we see a serious readiness to protect human rights, which the West always proudly carries on its banners on any issue, but not on this issue. When we see such readiness, I am convinced

07:58that we will easily agree on the place and time of the meeting. But first we need to understand. What we will discuss, we are protecting people and those who in one way or another show interest in facilitating a settlement. They all must understand this and make it a direct part of their practical work.

08:28Thank you very much.

Calling for a ceasefire for the sake of exchanging territories is not serious! Lavrov, Russia

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