この中でラブロフ外相は、アメリカや日本などＧ７の首脳がＧ８の今後の在り方を議論したことについて、「Ｇ８は非公式なクラブであり、会員証が発行されるわけでもなく追放するという規定もない」と述べました。
そのうえで国連の安全保障理事会や新興国も参加するＧ２０といった枠組みがあるとして「西側が望まないのであればロシアはＧ８の形式にこだわりはなく、開かれなくてもかまわない」と述べました。
また、アメリカのケリー国務長官との会談では、ことし２月、ウクライナのヤヌコービッチ政権が崩壊する前、当時の政権側と野党側が合意した内容を実行すべきだと主張し、ラブロフ外相は「ケリー長官は、その必要性に理解を示したようだ」と述べました。
ラブロフ外相は、暫定政権には正統性がないとしたうえで、合意が実行されていない点として、暫定政権側の過激なグループが武装解除していないことや政府の庁舎や広場を占拠していることを挙げました。
さらにウクライナの暫定政権のデシツァ外相と初めて会談したことも明らかにし、事態打開のためにはウクライナのすべての勢力が対話すべきだと主張したということです。
Russia not clinging to G8 if West does not want it – Russian FM ― RT News
On the sidelines of the gathering, Lavrov met with US Secretary of State John Kerry and yet again discussed the Ukraine question, which has caused quite a chill in relations between the two powers.
Both Moscow and Washington understand that Ukraine needs constitutional reform, Lavrov said.
“We discussed the necessity to call on the authorities in Kiev to pay serious attention to the constitutional reform, which would take into consideration the interests of all Ukrainian regions,” he said.
However, Lavrov admitted, that it is their evaluation of the situation and they “cannot impose” this idea on the Ukrainian leadership. Still, it would be very difficult to overcome the “Ukraine’s deep internal crisis” without such a reform, the Russian minister believes.
According to Lavrov, Kerry realizes that it is necessary to “push” the Ukrainian authorities into fulfilling the February-21 agreement on the crisis settlement, which was signed by ousted President Viktor Yanukovich, opposition leaders and foreign ministers of Germany, France and Poland.
In Lavrov’s view, the coup-installed authorities in Kiev should have waited until a legitimate government was formed in the country after elections, and should have only then decided whether to sign an agreement with Brussels.
“Presidential elections were announced for the end May rather than December as it had been agreed upon in the February 21 accords. A constitutional reform should be carried out before the vote,” he said. “Perhaps, it would be right from all points of view, I would say it would be more ethical towards [Ukrainian] people to wait for a more legitimate situation in Kiev, and within the Ukrainian leadership before signing any agreements on behalf of their state.”
At The Hague, Lavrov met for the first time with Ukraine’s acting Foreign Minister Andrey Deshchitsa.
The tete-a-tete was initiated by the Ukrainian side.
“I told him how we see the steps that officials appointed by the Verkhovna Rada (the parliament) should take in order to finally establish normal nationwide dialogue,” Lavrov said.
