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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said that Moscow is ready for talks at ‘any moment’ with Ukraine once the Ukrainian military respond positively to President Vladimir Putin’s call, end their resistance and lay down their arms.
Lavrov made the remarks following talks with deputy Foreign Minister of the Donetsk People’s Republic Sergey Peresada and foreign minister of the Lugansk People’s Republic Vladislav Deinego, the state-run TASS news agency reported.
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed treaties with leaders of DPR and LPR on February 21, recognising the two regions of Ukraine as independent.
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“We are ready to hold talks at any moment, once the Ukrainian Armed Forces respond to our president’s call, end their resistance and lay down their arms. No one plans to attack and oppress them, let them return to their families, and let us give the Ukrainian people a chance to decide their future,” Lavrov was quoted as saying by the state-run TASS news agency.
President Putin on Thursday launched a multi-pronged all-out attack on Ukraine, casting aside international condemnation and sanctions and warned other countries that any attempt to interfere would lead to ‘consequences they had never seen.’
