Rome, September 1 (LaPresse) – “All these moratoriums will not bring us closer to a peaceful solution” to the conflict in Ukraine, “but will only take us further away, if that is what we really intend”. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko said this in an interview with the Interfax news agency on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) in Vladivostok, Russia, in response to a question about whether Moscow is willing to consider introducing a moratorium on attacks in the Black Sea. “We know the fate of all these ceasefires, as well as that of the other partial agreements. Therefore, our position on this is absolutely clear,” Grushko explained. “It is clear not only to us, but also to all those who today support the Kyiv regime, that Russia is ready for a peaceful solution, the essential condition for which must be the elimination of the root causes of the conflict,” he stressed. According to the Russian deputy minister, “if one considers everything the West is doing toward Ukraine as a whole, the goal is to prolong the conflict”. “In fact, it is no secret. Let me recall the statement by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte at the Hague summit a year ago. He said that NATO’s main task was to keep Ukraine at war. End of quote. Everything is absolutely clear,” he added. Grushko then concluded: “The objectives of the special military operation will be achieved, either through military means or – which we prefer – through political and diplomatic instruments”.
Ukraine, Moscow: “Moratoriums on attacks in the Black Sea move peaceful solution further away”
Rome, September 1 (LaPresse) – “All these moratoriums will not bring us closer to a peaceful solution” to the conflict in Ukraine, “but will only take us further away, if that is what we really intend”. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko said this in an interview with the Interfax news agency on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) in Vladivostok, Russia, in response to a question about whether Moscow is willing to consider introducing a moratorium on attacks in the Black Sea. “We know the fate of all these ceasefires, as well as that of the other partial agreements. Therefore, our position on this is absolutely clear,” Grushko explained. “It is clear not only to us, but also to all those who today support the Kyiv regime, that Russia is ready for a peaceful solution, the essential condition for which must be the elimination of the root causes of the conflict,” he stressed. According to the Russian deputy minister, “if one considers everything the West is doing toward Ukraine as a whole, the goal is to prolong the conflict”. “In fact, it is no secret. Let me recall the statement by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte at the Hague summit a year ago. He said that NATO’s main task was to keep Ukraine at war. End of quote. Everything is absolutely clear,” he added. Grushko then concluded: “The objectives of the special military operation will be achieved, either through military means or – which we prefer – through political and diplomatic instruments”.