WASHINGTON — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov threw up yet another roadblock Sunday to direct talks between his leader, Vladimir Putin, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky — suggesting that a a summit is still far off.
Despite President Trump’s efforts , Lavrov said Sunday that Russia has an “agenda” in mind that must to be agreed before the two sides can sit down together.
“There is no meeting planned,” Lavrov told NBC’s “Meet the Press.”
The summit to end the war will only happen if it has a “presidential agenda” that pleases Russian President Vladimir Putin, he said — but that agenda is “not ready at all.”
The list of preconditions, Lavrov added, includes Ukraine agreeing to no NATO membership, “the discussion of territorial issues,” and Zelensky “cancelling legislati