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Source: The Hill
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov rejected proposals Monday floated by President-elect Trumps allies to end the war in Ukraine, dealing a major setback for the incoming presidents hopes to freeze the conflict.
In an interview with Russian state-run media outlet TASS, Lavrov said Moscow has not received any official signals regarding a settlement in Ukraine but the Kremlin was resistant to those unofficial ideas.
We are not happy, of course, with the proposals made by members of the Trump team to postpone Ukraines admission to NATO for 20 years and to station British and European peacekeeping forces in Ukraine, he said, responding to leaked reports of Trumps proposals.
Lavrov called for reliable and legally binding agreements that would eliminate the root causes of the conflict and seal a mechanism precluding the possibility of their violation.
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