Russia's Lavrov discusses Alaska summit

17/8/2025 6:34

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei

Lavrov held calls on Saturday with his Turkish and Hungarian

counterparts, the Russian foreign ministry said, hours after a

summit between the U.S. and Russian presidents yielded no deal

on ending the war in Ukraine.

President Donald Trump, who hosted President Vladimir Putin in

Alaska on Friday for bilateral talks aimed at ending the war

that Russia launched with a full-scale invasion on Ukraine in

early 2022, said that Kyiv should make a deal with Moscow

because "Russia is a very big power, and they're not."



The phone call between Lavrov and Turkish Foreign Minister

Hakan Fidan took place at Turkey's initiative, the Russian

foreign ministry said in a statement on its website.



"The foreign ministers exchanged views on the outcomes of

the high-level Russia–U.S. meeting held in Alaska on August 15,"

the ministry said in its short statement.



Turkey has tried to keep diplomatic channels open to both

sides during the war, acting as a NATO member, a partner for

both Russia and Ukraine, and a potential mediator.



Lavrov also held a call with Hungarian Foreign Minister

Peter Szijjarto, the Russian foreign ministry said, in which

"the parties discussed issues related to the Ukrainian crisis in

the context of the outcomes of the Russia–U.S. summit."



Hungary has maintained close ties with Russia throughout the

war, often opposing EU sanctions and continuing energy

cooperation with Moscow, and drawing criticism from Western

allies of Kyiv.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Saturday after the

Putin-Trump meeting that "the world is a safer place than it was

yesterday," while other European leaders reiterated in their

joint statement that "it will be up to Ukraine to make decisions

on its territory."