Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday that some progress had been made at peace talks with Ukraine.

Speaking at a briefing after talks with his Indian counterparts, the top Russian diplomat said Moscow was preparing its response to Ukrainian proposals.

He said that peace talks with Ukraine needed to continue but that Kyiv had shown “much more understanding” of the situation in Crimea and Donbas and the necessity of its neutral status.

Meanwhile, Lavrov said Russia appreciated India’s response to the Ukraine crisis.

“We appreciate that India taking this situation in the entirety of facts and not just in a one-sided way,” he said in a statement before talks with his Indian counterpart.

Source: Agencies