“It takes two to tango.
We have not seen any interest on the part of Vladimir Putin to participate in any meaningful diplomatic initiative.
In any case, as we said from the very beginning, it is very important that the Ukrainians determine the terms of any potential negotiations, ”he said, speaking in Madrid, where the NATO summit was held.
In turn, British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss reiterated that negotiations with Russia could be conducted "only after defeating her" in Ukraine.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called the statements of the West about the inadmissibility of negotiations between Moscow and Kyiv at this stage a manifestation of schizophrenia.