The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Sergei Lavrov, reiterated this Saturday that the Kremlin is prepared to resume the so-called Anchorage agreements on Ukraine, sealed on August 15, 2025, in the American city of Alaska during a meeting between then-President of the United States, Donald Trump, and Russian President, Vladimir Putin.
"We believe that an agreement was reached in Anchorage and that still stands. Meanwhile, Europe feels that it is being left behind," Lavrov stated at a press conference from New York, where he is visiting to attend the annual session of the UN General Assembly.
"Everyone who follows the situation says that Europe is desperately seeking an opportunity to get into the process (of negotiation on Ukraine) that the United States is driving," he pointed out.
The head of Russian diplomacy emphasized that there are "regular contacts" with the U.S. Administration, something that, in his opinion, represents a return to "normal diplomacy." He also indicated that the bilateral relationship is no longer limited to a succession of messages condemning Russia or constant calls to achieve its "strategic defeat."
The Russian official has lashed out at several European governments, which he accuses of jeopardizing the security architecture of the continent due to what he described as a "utopian goal" of containing Russia. "Europe is doing everything it can to prevent a peaceful resolution and to frustrate any prospect of negotiation that is of great interest to many, including the Trump Administration," he assured.
Instead, he denounced, European countries continue to inject economic resources and supply weapons to Kiev to "keep dreaming of a strategic defeat of Russia." "But those dreams, as has happened so many times in the past, will lead the warmongers to a dead end," he warned.
During his stay in New York, Lavrov held a meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany, Johann Wadephul, the first meeting of this level since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Lavrov himself confirmed the meeting, although he stressed that it has not produced "anything new."
"I asked him about his message. He took out some notes and read a text with a faithful replica of what Germany says officially and publicly through its leaders (...). I haven't learned anything. The subtext was that 'I have come to you' and that 'I have agreed to contact you,'" he has reported.