Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has lambasted Europe for its past role in attempting to broker peace between Russia and Ukraine , stating emphatically: "You had your chance," on Tuesday.

The scathing comments were made during a joint press conference with Belarusian Foreign Minister Maxim Ryzhenkov, an ally of the Kremlin, following consecutive meetings that US officials held with Ukrainian representatives in Geneva and Russian delegates in Abu Dhabi in an attempt to negotiate a peace deal.

Lavrov took aim at Europe for its failure to uphold previous ceasefires, including the 2014 Minsk Agreement, and for meddling with recent peace proposals related to the war that erupted in February 2024 after Russia 's full-scale invasion. He cited these instances as justification for Eur

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