MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia sees no point in a weak ceasefire to freeze the war in Ukraine, but Moscow wants a legally binding deal for a lasting peace that would guarantee the security of both Russia and its neighbors, minister said of Foreign Affairs Sergei Lavrov Thursday.
“A ceasefire is a road to nowhere,” Lavrov said, adding that Moscow suspected that such a weak ceasefire would simply be used by the West to rearm Ukraine.
“We need final legal agreements that establish all the conditions for ensuring the security of the Russian Federation and, of course, the legitimate security interests of our neighbors,” Lavrov said.
He added that Moscow wanted the legal documents to be drafted in a way that guaranteed “the impossibility of violating these agreements.”
(Reporting by Dmitry Antonov; Editing by Guy Faulconbridge)
