Moscow hopes that the Ukrainian side will finally see the necessity of an independent approach and the ability to negotiate at the talks between the Russian and Ukrainian delegations, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Tuesday in a video address to the United Nations Human Rights Council session.
"As you know, talks between Russia representatives and Kiev’s delegation have begun at [Ukrainian President Vladimir] Zelensky’s request. I hope the Ukrainian side will see the seriousness of the situation and its responsibility, will understand that it should demonstrate an independent approach and its ability to negotiate in order to avoid the recurrence of the situation with the Minsk agreements," he said.
The Russian-Ukrainian talks were held on Monday. The talks lasted for five hours. The Russian delegation was led by presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky, who said earlier that the Russian delegation was ready to speak with the Ukrainian side as long as it may take to reach agreements. He also said that the delegations had preliminarily agreed to hold the next round of talks in Belarus.
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