Ankara: Moscow wants someone ukraine peace talks To focus on creating a ‘new world order’, Russian foreign minister sergei lavrov said on Friday on a visit to Türkiye.
The top Russian diplomat was in Turkey – which has maintained ties with both Moscow and Kiev – for talks with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu.
He also threatened to abandon a historic grain deal that Turkey helped broker if it was obstructed. Russian export remain.
“Any dialogue should be based on taking into account Russian interests, Russian concerns,” lavrov Said.
“It should be about the principles on which the new world order will be based.”
He said Russia rejects a “unipolar world order” headed by “one hegemony”.
Russia has long said it was leading the struggle against United States dominance on the international stage, and argued that the Ukraine offensive is part of that fight.
The Kremlin said this week it had no choice but to continue for more than a year Offensive in UkraineNot looking at any diplomatic solution.
The start of the offensive saw growing fears of a global food crisis as Russia and Ukraine are major exporters of grain and other agricultural products.
Lavrov, however, said Russia could pull out of the landmark deal that allowed vital exports to be left blocked in the port Black Sea,
“If there is no progress in removing barriers to Russian fertilizers and grain exports, we will think about whether this deal is necessary,” Lavrov said.
On the eve of the visit, Moscow said it had extended the agreement for another 60 days “as a gesture of goodwill”.
Russia has repeatedly threatened to leave the agreement allowing exports of more than 25 million tonnes of grain.
Moscow has been complaining that its side of the deal promising the right to export fertilizer free of Western sanctions has not been respected.
Turkey is pushing for a 120-day extension in compliance with the original agreement, which Ankara and the United Nations negotiated last July.
The top Russian diplomat was in Turkey – which has maintained ties with both Moscow and Kiev – for talks with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu.
He also threatened to abandon a historic grain deal that Turkey helped broker if it was obstructed. Russian export remain.
“Any dialogue should be based on taking into account Russian interests, Russian concerns,” lavrov Said.
“It should be about the principles on which the new world order will be based.”
He said Russia rejects a “unipolar world order” headed by “one hegemony”.
Russia has long said it was leading the struggle against United States dominance on the international stage, and argued that the Ukraine offensive is part of that fight.
The Kremlin said this week it had no choice but to continue for more than a year Offensive in UkraineNot looking at any diplomatic solution.
The start of the offensive saw growing fears of a global food crisis as Russia and Ukraine are major exporters of grain and other agricultural products.
Lavrov, however, said Russia could pull out of the landmark deal that allowed vital exports to be left blocked in the port Black Sea,
“If there is no progress in removing barriers to Russian fertilizers and grain exports, we will think about whether this deal is necessary,” Lavrov said.
On the eve of the visit, Moscow said it had extended the agreement for another 60 days “as a gesture of goodwill”.
Russia has repeatedly threatened to leave the agreement allowing exports of more than 25 million tonnes of grain.
Moscow has been complaining that its side of the deal promising the right to export fertilizer free of Western sanctions has not been respected.
Turkey is pushing for a 120-day extension in compliance with the original agreement, which Ankara and the United Nations negotiated last July.