# Lavrov: Russia ready for Ukraine talks as EU seeks to derail them

https://mins.news/en/item/49766

- TASS, 2026-09-08 13:20 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2184229

> Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Moscow is always ready for talks on Ukraine if they address what Russia calls the crisis’s root causes and seek agreements to resolve them. He accused the European Union of obstructing a long-term settlement and said Russia and Saudi Arabia reject force as a way to resolve the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

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