"Our specific objectives were clearly and unambiguously outlined publicly by our President and discussed in detail in Anchorage, where understandings were reached on how best to move toward achieving these goals in the context of not a ceasefire, not a temporary respite, but a sustainable peace," Lavrov said during an embassy roundtable on Ukraine’s settlement, TASS reported.
"And we will move along this path, regardless of what deadlines anyone sets," he added.
"For us, the most important thing is the essence, and the essence concerns the security of the Russian Federation and the safety of Russian people, whom the Kiev regime has declared terrorists and deprived of all rights. This is our goal," Lavrov stated.