Unlike Europe, the United States speaks openly about the need to discuss the territorial issue on Ukraine, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stated.
"American representatives of the current administration already publicly say that the territorial issue is inevitable, it must be resolved on the basis of reality. And Europe is stubbornly and quite foolishly repeat that the Russians must retreat to 1991 borders, "he said, addressing the" historical lands of South Russia. " At the National Identity and People's Self-Determination Conference.
