New Delhi, Oct. 27 -- Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that in 2022 - a couple of weeks after Russia launched special operations in Ukraine -"the Ukrainians asked for negotiations, we agreed."

"We held several rounds...and then moved to Istanbul. In Istanbul, as I said, the Ukrainian delegation put a paper with the principles to be developed into a treaty. We accepted this paper," Lavrov said.

He claimed that former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson had then said, "Don't do this, continue to fight Russia until we defeat them."

"So, when Starmer said that Putin is the only one who is against negotiations, you should remember about his former Prime Minister Boris Johnson," Lavrov said.

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