“And on this basis it is necessary to negotiate in order to ensure - and this is the key expression - equal security for all participants in the process. This is our position. How these principles can be concretely implemented can only be understood by sitting down at the negotiating table, but not on the terms of an ultimatum, which Zelensky and his masters in Europe, London, and the United States have been repeating for a long time, not on the basis of the so-called “peace formula” [Zelensky], but on the basis of a serious analysis of existing problems in the field of security, on the basis of accepting the realities on earth. And on the basis of guarantees of Russia’s legitimate security interests,” Lavrov said in an interview with Izvestia.
He noted that in response, Russia will be ready to guarantee the legitimate interests of other participants in the process.
Earlier, Russian Ambassador to Washington Anatoly Antonov said that Russia’s goal is to create a system of guarantees of “equal and indivisible security” based on the efforts of all interested countries.
The head of the Russian delegation at the negotiations in Vienna on military security and arms control, Konstantin Gavrilov, expressed confidence that the countries of the European Union will change their tone on the issue of the Ukrainian conflict when Russia reaches the eastern borders of the EU.