Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov Tuesday declined to comment directly on United States President Donald Trump's claim that Russia would accept peacekeeping troops in Ukraine, but referred to an earlier rejection of the idea by the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
“There is a position on this matter that was expressed by Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov. I have nothing to add to this and nothing to comment on,” said Peskov.
Following talks with the U.S. in Riyadh, Lavrov called the presence of the European (NATO) peacekeepers in Ukraine “unacceptable.”
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Kremlin contradicts Trump on ‘NATO troops in Ukraine’
ReplyDeleteThe Kremlin has contradicted a claim by US President Donald trump that Russia would “accept” the placement of troops from NATO countries in Ukraine under a possible peace deal.
When pressed by journalists on Monday about Russian President Vladimir Putin’s opinion on the possibility of Western troops deploying to Ukraine, Trump said “He will accept that. I have asked him that question.”
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists on Tuesday however that Moscow’s position has not changed since Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s description the week before of the “presence of armed forces from NATO countries, even under the EU flag or as part of national contingents” as “completely unacceptable” to Moscow.