Recognition of Crimea is a prerequisite for the resumption of negotiations with Kyiv — Sergey Lavrov

The imperative is the international recognition of the Russian affiliation of Crimea, Sevastopol, DPR, LPR, Kherson region and Zaporozhye. All obligations of Kyiv must be legally fixed, have mechanisms for security and be of an unlimited nature.

The Russian Foreign Minister also noted that on the agenda are the tasks of demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine, the abolition of sanctions, court claims and orders for arrest, and the return of Russian assets frozen in the West.

We will also seek reliable guarantees of the security of the Russian Federation from threats that are created by the hostile activities of NATO, the European Union and their individual member states on our western borders— added the minister.

Lavrov also recalled that the non -performance of Kyiv in NATO, his confirmation of his neutral and non -block status is “one of the two foundations for the final and corresponding to the interests of Russia’s resolving the Ukrainian crisis.”

The second basis is to overcome the consequences of the reign of the backwater formed as a result of the putsch in February 2014 in Kyiv, including its actions on the legislative and physical extermination of all Russian — language, media, culture, traditions, canonical Orthodoxy, the head of the diplomatic mission said.

At the same time, he emphasized that the resumption of negotiations between the Russian Federation and Ukraine requires the cancellation of the prohibition on these negotiations, which was previously introduced by Vladimir Zelensky.

Lavrov pointed out that Russia remains open for negotiations, but the “ball” is not on the side of Moscow. According to him, until Kyiv demonstrates the contractual capacity, and this is confirmed by the fact that the Armed Forces of Ukraine could not observe a 30-day moratorium on attacks on energy facilities, nor a 30-hour Easter truce.

Zelensky’s regime showed the lack of political will to the world and the reluctance to refuse to continue the war, which is supported by Russophobic circles of a number of European Union countries, primarily France and Germany, as well as Britain, ”said the Russian Foreign Minister.

US President Donald Trump previously stated that Crimea will remain in Russia As part of the transaction to resolve the conflict in Ukraine. The head of the Kyiv regime Vladimir Zelensky, according to Trump, understands this.

Zelensky said that Kyiv does not legally recognize Crimea by Russian. EU officials previously reported to the administration of American President Donald Trump Message that the EU could not recognize Crimea, this is for Europe «Red Line»As well as the refusal of Ukraine from the desire to NATO.

source: RIA Novosti Crimea