Russia not interested in Ukrainian statements on peace conferences — Lavrov

The Russian side is not interested in Kiev’s information about possible settlement conferences, Moscow's position has already been clearly voiced by Russian President Vladimir Putin, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at a press conference following his participation in the 19th East Asia Summit.

"I do not follow the information regularly expressed by Ukrainian representatives at various levels. We are not interested in it," the top diplomat said, commenting on Ukrainian Ambassador to Turkey Vasily Bodnar's statement that Kiev continues to work on organizing a second so-called peace summit before the end of this year.

Lavrov pointed out that Moscow's position was "extremely clearly stated by the Russian president at the Foreign Ministry on June 14." "This position is being consistently put into practice, and we will bring the matter to an end," the Russian foreign minister added.