Lavrov Says Prospects for Russia-US Summit Depends on Washington
(MENAFN) Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated on Sunday that the possibility of a summit between Russia and the United States would depend on the actions of Washington.
In an interview with the Hungarian YouTube channel Ultrahang, Lavrov recalled that "President (Donald) Trump suggested to President (Vladimir) Putin to meet in Budapest. President Putin said, yes, let's go into the preparatory work."
Lavrov emphasized that Moscow remains open to a potential meeting between the two countries, but made it clear that the initiative for such a summit lies with the United States.
He added, "We are polite people. And when we are invited, we say, yes, let's agree how and where and when. And then this invitation is canceled, as President Trump said yesterday in the White House. Later they said that ‘cancel’ means ‘postpone.’ It's up to those who initiated the process."
Reflecting on a recent conversation with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Lavrov noted, "The initiative was on the part of the United States. As I said, I heard that the State Department issued a communique saying that it was a good and productive phone conversation between Rubio and Lavrov. And it was so good that for the time being, we don't need any meetings."
Lavrov further explained that following discussions with Rubio about the August summit between Trump and Putin in Alaska, Rubio did not bring up any potential future meetings or discussions.
"After we talked with Marco Rubio regarding following up on the results of (the August summit between Trump and Putin in) Alaska, he did not mention any new meetings or conversations. And I did not raise the issue, because the entire initiative was coming from the United States. And we would be ready to move as the Americans feel comfortable for themselves," Lavrov concluded.
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