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Question: Does Russia remain committed to a peaceful settlement?
Sergey Lavrov: Yes, we remain committed to a peaceful resolution. We remain open to talks. President Putin has confirmed this many times publicly and in his conversations with foreign leaders. Please note that we fully complied with every goodwill gesture we ever made, including ceasefires during Orthodox Easter and Victory Day, as well as the month-long moratorium on attacks on energy infrastructure, which we announced after President Putin and President Trump had a conversation. However, Ukraine disrupted these ceasefires as it continued to act aggressively and criminally even during the pauses in hostilities that we declared. To reiterate, we are committed to the agreements recently reached by the Russian and Ukrainian delegations in Istanbul. We are finalising preparations for the 1,000 for 1,000 prisoner exchange. We are also working hard on the second part of the agreement, which involves each party preparing a draft document outlining the terms for achieving a durable, lasting, and comprehensive resolution. Once the prisoner exchange is completed, we will be ready to present our draft to the Ukrainian side. The Russian side is in the process of finalising this document.”
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