Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's answer to a question from the Moscow. Kremlin. Putin programme, Astana, October 13, 2022
13 October 2022 11:06
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Question: US President Joe Biden has publicly stated that he does not want negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin. How seriously will this complicate the already tense international situation?
Sergey Lavrov: Basically, this shouldn't complicate things in any way, because the situation, primarily through US efforts, has reached a point where it can't get any worse, I think. All this talk about wanting or not wanting to meet with us is Westerners trying to convince themselves. We aren't forcing ourselves on anyone and we have said so many times.
We have not refused a single serious proposal to meet. It's just that no one is proposing any reasonable initiatives.
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