BREAKING! Lavrov: Putin Is Ready to Meet With Trump Whenever US Is Ready

Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, who is in Aktau at the moment, said that Moscow is ready to meet even the representatives of the countries which pursue a hostile policy, including the USA.

Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, who is in Aktau at the moment, said that Moscow is ready to meet even the representatives of the countries which pursue a hostile policy, including the USA.

Sergey Lavrov: "We have never shied away from contacts, even with the countries and the representatives of countries which pursue a clearly hostile policy towards us. So if the leaders would feel a necessity to meet and to get back to the questions which, as we thought, should have united Russia and the USA but which provoke rejection in some circles in the USA, then such a meeting would occur. At least at the level of foreign ministers, we are ready to develop such contacts, if, of course, the USA is ready to act on the basis of the balance of interests, on the basis of the equality, and taking each other's interests into account".

 

When we asked to comment on the possibility of an introduction of new anti-Russian sanctions if Washington's terms are not fulfilled, the Russian Foreign Minister answered that the USA, unlike Russia, has problems with chemical disarmament.

Sergey Lavrov: "It was three years ago that we, as members of the OPCW, received the confirmation that according to all inspections carried out on our territory, the process of chemical disarmament in Russia is complete. The USA had to do it within almost the same time period but they asked to extend the period once again, this time up to the early 2020s, So one should rather say that it's the USA who has problems with chemical weapons, with the destruction of chemical weapons. We didn't close our facilities to the inspectors, they visited everything that they wanted to visit and came to the conclusion which I've already said".