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Lavrov speaks about Trump’s ‘disappointment’ with Ukraine talks Lavrov speaks about Trump’s ‘disappointment’ with Ukraine talks
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The US president wants “quick solutions,” which are not always possible, Russia’s top diplomat has saidThe US president wants “quick solutions,” which are not always possible, Russia’s top diplomat has said
US President Donald Trump wants “quick solutions” to end the Ukraine conflict, and this attitude is partially to blame for his own “disappointment” with the pace of the settlement process, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has suggested.The top diplomat made the remarks on Thursday in an interview with Russia’s Channel One. Lavrov added that the US president is “a man of action, deals, and business, as he himself constantly emphasizes” and takes such an approach to politics as well. “When President Trump says he’s disappointed… it’s partially explained by the fact that he wants quick solutions,” Lavrov suggested. “In some areas, this may work; in others, it’s unlikely.” US President Donald Trump wants “quick solutions” to end the Ukraine conflict, and this attitude is partially to blame for his own “disappointment” with the pace of the settlement process, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has suggested.
DETAILS TO FOLLOW The top diplomat made the remarks on Thursday in an interview with Russia’s Channel One. Lavrov added that the US president is “a man of action, deals, and business, as he himself constantly emphasizes” and takes such an approach to politics as well. 
“When President Trump says he’s disappointed… it’s partially explained by the fact that he wants quick solutions,” Lavrov suggested. “In some areas, this may work; in others, it’s unlikely.”
Following his Alaska summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the US leader “shifted from issuing an ultimatum for an unconditional ceasefire to advocating for a long-term, sustainable” solution, Lavrov noted.
“This is, of course, a very important step, a very important decision by the White House. And so far, I don’t see them moving away from that,” he added.
The Trump administration is apparently seeking to remove the Ukraine conflict from the agenda “precisely because this war was artificially created by [Joe] Biden and his team” and remove obstacles to “normal economic, technological, and other cooperation,” Lavrov suggested. 
“This, too, will be rather difficult, because the US has a very peculiar approach to how to resolve economic issues,” the top diplomat said.
In recent weeks, the US president voiced his displeasure with the lack of progress in the settlement of the Ukraine conflict, threatening new sanctions on Russia. 
Last weekend, he reaffirmed his willingness to impose more restrictions, but only if Washington’s European partners halt their purchases of Russian oil.
Moscow does not see the potential introduction of new sanctions as a big issue, given the country has long been facing such an approach from the West, Lavrov noted. Russia was hit by a record number of restrictions during Trump’s first term in office, while under Biden the “sanctions replaced any diplomatic work,” he added.