Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov responded to Sputnik's corresponded question concerning the African peace initiative.
Russian top diplomat arrived on a working visit to Kenya’s capital of Nairobi in Kenya on Monday morning.
"Regarding the African initiative, as they have publicly stated more than once, perhaps Washington and London cannot accept anything other than the so-called Zelensky peace formula, which they have been pushing in all G7, NATO and EU documents and demanding that everyone adhere to it," Lavrov responded.
"Let me remind you," he continued, "that this formula means the pullout of Russian troops and Russia's withdrawal from all territories - Crimea, the Donbass and the other new territories - the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions. After that, a tribunal against Russia, and against the Russian leadership. And then, payment of so-called reparations. And only after all this, will Ukraine graciously agree to sign a peace treaty."
"Considering that two or three years ago, Zelensky said that if someone among Ukrainian citizens feels that they are Russians, then for the sake of their children’s and grandchildren’s future, go and leave for Russia. Given what Mr. Danilov and Mr. Podolyak said, namely, that after the return of Crimea and the eastern territories of Ukraine, they will obliterate everything Russian there, up to and including the physical destruction of Russian citizens. This position by the West and its commitment exclusively to this barbaric, bestial formula of Zelensky means that they are ready to support genocide. There is nothing more for me to add here," Lavrov underlined.