Current US administration is more realistic about Ukraine settlement – Lavrov

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The current US administration is more realistic about the settlement in Ukraine, including the special status of Donbass, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at a news conference on Tuesday.

The Donald Trump administration previously appointed a special representative for Ukrainian settlement, Lavrov said after talks with German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock. The representative worked independently of the Normandy Format and the Contact Group, the minister said.

…”We have reasons to believe that the current administration views the situation around the Ukrainian settlement in a more realistic way.”

“In particular, it acknowledges that the problem of the special status of Donbass needs to be resolved first,” the minister said.

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Lavrov said Russia will welcome US efforts to help the settlement in Ukraine, as the US has enormous influence over the government in Kiev.

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