Overview
- In a new interview, Sergey Lavrov says President Trump’s call for durable principles on Ukraine formed the basis of shared understandings reached in Anchorage.
- Lavrov asserts Trump did not mention any alleged Russian “subversive paper” during his phone call with Vladimir Putin and says Putin signaled openness to a Budapest meeting with instructions for preparatory work.
- He characterizes the document at issue as an informal non-paper sent to Washington days before the leaders’ call to recap Anchorage discussions, rejecting the Financial Times chronology.
- Lavrov adds that his follow-up conversation with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio was publicly described as constructive rather than confrontational.
- Russia’s UN envoy Vasily Nebenzya says Trump may have learned new Ukraine-related details in Anchorage, while Trump has since announced the planned Budapest meeting is canceled.