Lavrov wants Russia to be one of the security guarantors for Ukraine. He thinks then the guarantees will be "truly reliable."
Russia, which promised, and even more, officially committed in the Budapest Memorandum to respect Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity, and has now been waging war on its territory for over 11 years, is now offering itself as a security guarantor.
"We support the idea that these guarantees must be truly reliable. Here we have a very good example, which came from the Ukrainian side itself - as was the case in Istanbul in April 2022.
The Ukrainian side proposed, and our delegation at that time agreed, to work out security guarantees that would involve all permanent members of the UN Security Council - that is, Russia, the People’s Republic of China, the United States, France, and the United Kingdom. In addition, certain other countries were mentioned, including Germany, Turkey, and others that might be interested in joining this group of security guarantors.
I am confident that in the West - first and foremost in the United States - they perfectly understand that discussing the issue of security without Russia in a serious manner is a utopia, a road to nowhere."
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