Peskov Explains, European War Party Continues Attempting To Sabotage Peace

Sept. 1—On the sidelines of the Aug. 31-Sept. 1 Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Tianjin, China, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov responded to a media question about the peace process regarding Ukraine. “The European party of war continues with its main trend,” he said, which is in stark contrast to Presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump. Trump’s “efforts to bring the process into a peaceful track are hard to overstate. We are grateful for these efforts. The Europeans, however, are interfering with them…. They are doing everything to enable, and even encourage, the Kyiv regime to continue down a path of intransigence. This is a serious mistake.”

Peskov added that Russia is ready to resolve the conflict through diplomatic means, “but so far we see no reciprocity from Kyiv.”

Asked about European efforts to undermine the peace process, Peskov replied that, yes, that is their intention, but “I wouldn’t say it’s a new goal. They’ve historically made it their aim to contain the Russian Federation in every possible way…. This is a long-standing tendency, and we are well aware of it.”