MOSCOW, 23 February 2022, (TON): Moscow said “Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was still ready for talks with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, after President Vladimir Putin ordered troops into Ukraine's two separatist regions.”
Even during the most difficult moments, we say we are ready for negotiations, foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in remarks.
She told the Soloviev Live YouTube show “we are always in favour of diplomacy.”
She spoke after Putin recognised the independence of the former Soviet state's separatist-held Donetsk and Lugansk regions paving the way for the deployment of a potential invasion force.
Lavrov had said that he was set to meet with Blinken on Thursday in Geneva to address soaring tensions over Ukraine.
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