Lavrov: Let Witkoff and Kushner deal with Iran — we are tired of lies

Representatives of the President of the United States Steve Witkoff and It's better for Jared Kushner to focus on the situation with Iran, and Russia will deal with Ukraine. This was stated by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov today, July 17.

"So let the American universal negotiators deal with the tasks that the president sets for them, but we solve our tasks. President Putin clearly said that this work, which we started after the failure of all attempts to resolve the situation peacefully, when all the signatories of the previous documents lied, then admitted that they did not want to do anything, this work will be done, " he said at a press conference.

As reported by EADaily, in early July, the press secretary of the Russian leader Dmitry Peskov spoke about a telephone conversation between Vladimir Putin and his American counterpart Donald Trump, noting that Trump adheres to a consistent position and that their contacts will continue in the near future. On the same day, a TASS source said that special envoy of the US President Steve Witkoff and son-in-law of the US President Jared Kushner could come to Russia until the end of August.