RIYADH: Russia considers any potential deployment of NATO troops to Ukraine to be unacceptable, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said...
RIYADH: Russia considers any potential deployment of NATO troops to Ukraine to be unacceptable, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said after talks with senior US officials in Riyadh.
According to Lavrov, he mentioned during the talks "the topic of the potential deployment of armed forces, peacekeepers should the conflict be settled or an agreement is reached." "We explained today that the deployment of any troops, any armed forces from NATO countries but under other flags, either the European Union or national flags, changes nothing in this context. For us, of course, this is unacceptable," he stressed.
The Russian and US delegations held talks in Riyadh on February 18. The talks lasted for 4.5 hours. Russia was represented by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Presidential Aide Yury Ushakov, and CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) Kirill Dmitriev. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, national security adviser Mike Waltz, and special envoy for the Middle East Stephen Witkoff represented the US side.
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