MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that it was clear at Friday's U.S.-Russia Alaska summit that U.S. President Donald Trump and his team sincerely wanted to
Lavrov Commends Trump, Critiques European Stance on Ukraine Peace Efforts
U.S. and European Approaches to Ukraine
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that it was clear at Friday's U.S.-Russia Alaska summit that U.S. President Donald Trump and his team sincerely wanted to achieve a long-term and sustainable peace in Ukraine.
Lavrov said the atmosphere at the Putin-Trump summit was "very good."
"It was clear that the head of the United States and his team, firstly, sincerely want to achieve a result that will be long-term, sustainable, reliable," Lavrov told the Rossiya 24 state television channel.
Lavrov's Praise for Trump
Lavrov contrasted what he said was the constructive U.S. position to that of Europe, some of whose leaders took part in an extraordinary summit at the White House on Monday with Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to discuss Ukraine.
Criticism of European Leaders
Lavrov said "the Europeans had... insisted at every turn only on a cease-fire, and that after that they would continue to supply weapons to Ukraine."
(Reporting by Reuters; writing by Guy FaulconbridgeEditing by Andrew Osborn)
