💬 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s comment on the new draft agreement presented by the Ukrainian side, Moscow, April 7, 2022

Yesterday, the Ukrainian side presented its draft agreement to the negotiating group. It shows a departure from the most important provisions included in the document signed by head of the Ukrainian delegation David Arakhamia at the meeting in Istanbul on March 29 of this year.

❗️I would like to remind the other side that after Istanbul, in response to a glint of realism in the Ukrainian approach, the Russian armed forces de-escalated operations on the Kiev-Chernigov track as a gesture of goodwill and to expedite the progress towards an agreement.

👉 Despite all the provocations, the Russian delegation will continue the negotiation process, promoting our draft agreement, which spells out all the key positions and demands very clearly and in full.

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