
MOSCOW, April 1 (Reuters) - Russia is giving serious consideration to U.S. proposals on ending the war in Ukraine, but wants them to take into account what Moscow regards as the root causes of the conflict, a Russian diplomat was quoted by state media as saying on Tuesday.
"We take the models and solutions proposed by the Americans very seriously, but we can't accept it all in its current form," Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov was quoted as saying.
"As far as we can see, there is no place in them today for our main demand, namely to solve the problems related to the root causes of this conflict," he was cited as telling the magazine "International Affairs" in an interview.
"It is completely absent, and that must be overcome," he was quoted as saying.