Go to Media BankThe U.S. Department of State building in Washington DC. File photoWASHINGTON, Oct 11The US believes that dialogue about the fate of the Ukrainian conflict should ultimately be between Moscow and Kyiv, not with the West, State Department spokesman Ned Price said. «It should ultimately be talks, diplomacy and dialogue between Ukraine and Russia,» Price said during a briefing, commenting on statements by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov about Russia's readiness for negotiations with Western countries on Ukrainian issues. Price added that if the Russian Federation seeks to demonstrate a serious attitude towards negotiations with Ukraine, then, according to Washington, it should stop the shelling of Ukrainian settlements. «Otherwise, it will remain just empty words,» the American diplomat said. «We view (these statements) as posturing. We do not see in it a constructive and legitimate proposal to engage in dialogue and diplomacy,» Price added, repeating from the rostrum of the State Department the recent call from the G7 countries to end the conflict in Ukraine through dialogue and diplomacy. In early October, the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov noted that there is no possibility of any agreements on Ukraine in the light of Kyiv's refusal to dialogue, since two parties are needed for negotiations. Russian President Vladimir Putin said at an operational meeting with members of the Security Council on Monday, that a massive strike with high-precision weapons was inflicted on Ukrainian infrastructure facilities. Putin called the incident on the Crimean bridge a terrorist attack aimed at destroying civilian infrastructure. According to him, Kyiv has put itself on a par with the most odious terrorist groups, and it is simply impossible to leave the crimes of the Kyiv regime unanswered. possible target of the West in negotiations with Russia on Ukraine
