{"id":25562,"date":"2026-09-16T21:37:22","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T15:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=25562"},"modified":"2026-09-16T21:37:22","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T15:52:22","slug":"lavrov-says-ukraine-talks-can-be-held-at-any-venue-acceptable-to-participants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=25562","title":{"rendered":"<strong>Lavrov Says Ukraine Talks Can Be Held at Any Venue Acceptable to Participants<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Dragon Media News Desk<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said negotiations on resolving the Ukraine conflict could be held at any location acceptable to the parties involved.<\/p>\n<p>Lavrov made the remark when asked whether Serbia could be considered as a possible venue for talks on a Ukrainian settlement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnything that is acceptable to the participants in the negotiations is possible,\u201d Lavrov said.<\/p>\n<p>His response indicates that Moscow is not ruling out Serbia or other potential venues, provided the parties involved agree on the location.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=25562\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"time\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 100% !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dragon Media News Desk Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said negotiations on resolving the Ukraine conflict could be held at any location acceptable to the parties involved. 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