Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated on Monday that United States President Donald Trump's administration's stance on Ukraine is "generally encouraging."
In an interview with the New Regions of Russia magazine, Lavrov said that Trump "admitted himself that the NATO expansion and attempts to get Ukraine involved in it became one of the root causes of the conflict" between Kiev and Moscow. In addition, he noted that one of the positive steps toward normalizing relations between the US and Russia was Washington's vote against the UN resolution drafted by Ukraine and the European Union, which labels Russia an aggressor state.
However, the minister said that "it is too early to make any thoughtful conclusions" regarding US-Russia relations. "We have not even started the work to overcome the accumulated problems and contradictions in our relations with the Americans," he concluded.
