Lavrov: Russia ready to return to Anchorage agreements

Russia believes that at the talks with the United States in Anchorage, the parties reached agreements, said Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. He added that Moscow was ready to return.

Well, in Anchorage, it seemed to us that a step was taken to get Ukraine out of the way. We accepted what President Trump proposed, and Zelensky refused to accept, Lavrov said at the UN General Assembly. At the same time, the words of French President Emmanuel Macron that Europe “buried Anchorage” and returned the United States to its side, he considered incorrect. He said the decision would be made by the United States.

Sergey Lavrov recalled that after the talks in Alaska, Russia continued to contact the administration of US President Donald Trump, which “responds to normality.” “If the relationship boils down to issuing propaganda statements every morning condemning Russia and demanding a strategic defeat for Russia, well, this is not diplomacy, and the Americans are conducting diplomacy,” he explained.

Presidents of Russia and the United States Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump held talks in Anchorage on August 15, 2025. The parties, among other things, discussed the freezing of the front line in Zaporozhye and the Kherson region, as well as Russia’s refusal to advance in the Sumy and Kharkiv regions. In return, Ukraine had to withdraw troops from the territory of Donbass, and the United States – to recognize the new borders of Russia. The signing of agreements fixing these proposals was not reported following the meeting.

The Russian side has repeatedly expressed its readiness to continue discussing the proposals voiced by Washington. In the summer of 2026, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that Ukraine did not agree to such conditions, so the parties should seek new approaches to a peaceful settlement.