"Once again gathering in the same format, when the opposition to the current regime in Ukraine is absent from the negotiating table, this will hardly change anything. It’s possible [to continue on this path] of course, but we will just go around in a circle and once again speak about how everything that we’ve agreed on needs to be implemented," Lavrov said.
Speaking during a news conference on the second day of the ministerial meeting of the 47 nations of the Council of Europe in Vienna, Lavrov remained hopeful that national dialogue was the way forward in Ukraine.
“We are convinced that there is a way out of the crisis. It can be found exclusively on the basis of a national dialogue," - he said.
- According to Lavrov, that dialogue should be conducted between the western and eastern regions of the country.
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