Moscow, July 15 -- Reacting to the ultimatum issued by US President Donald Trump given to the Kremlin by Washington, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that Moscow seeks to understand the reasoning behind Trump's statement about a 50-day deadline to resolve the Ukrainian conflict.
"We want to understand what is behind this statement. Fifty days. It used to be 24 hours. And 100 days.
"We have all been through this and really want to understand what motivates the US president," Lavrov said at a press conference following the SCO foreign ministers' meeting.
It cannot be said that there was no progress during negotiations in Istanbul on the Ukraine settlement, Lavrov added commenting on Trump's remark on 50-day deadline.
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