# Lavrov says Kyiv is unready for talks and Iran’s cause is just

https://mins.news/en/item/106644

- TASS, 2026-10-19 17:20 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2204323

> Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Iran’s resistance to aggression is just, and that neither Kyiv nor its European backers are ready for talks. He said Moscow had not targeted Ukrainian infrastructure unless it was used in attacks on Russia, and offered help seeking a settlement to the US-Iran conflict.

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