"If there are specific, sound ideas, we will be ready to listen to them. So far, from Brussels and other capitals of a united Europe, we hear only ... about the lack of alternatives to the very same 'Zelenskyy formula,' which is an invitation to a dead end," Lavrov said at a briefing in Astana.
The top diplomat also stated that Russia welcomed Kazakhstan’s participation in creating the coalition aimed at bringing the Ukrainian crisis to an end.
"Kazakhstan participated on September 27 in New York in the meeting of the Friends of Peace in Ukraine convened by China and Brazil, and we welcomed the very fact that the states of the global South, the global East, and the global majority are joining forces to promote fair agreements that will address the root cause of the Ukrainian crisis and ensure peace in this field. We welcome Kazakhstan's participation in efforts to form such a serious coalition, which will be aimed at creating conditions for solving the problems I have mentioned," Lavrov emphasized.
Lavrov arrived in Kazakhstan on Wednesday evening to hold talks with his Kazakh counterpart, Murat Nurtleu. The working visit is focused on preparing the state visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to Kazakhstan in late November, as well as discussing a number of bilateral and multilateral issues.