Lavrov says US abandoned Anchorage proposals under EU pressure

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the United States abandoned proposals made during the August 2025 meeting in Anchorage after coming under pressure from the European Union, according to Kommersant.

Lavrov said Russian President Vladimir Putin had fully accepted the proposal made by his American counterpart Donald Trump during the Anchorage meeting, framing Moscow's position as having been receptive to the initiative at the time.

According to Lavrov, it was Washington that ultimately stepped back from the initiatives discussed in Anchorage, and he attributed this shift to pressure exerted by the European Union on the US administration.

The foreign minister's account places responsibility for the stalled proposals on external pressure from European allies rather than on disagreements between Moscow and Washington themselves, a framing consistent with Russia's broader public messaging on the diplomatic process.

Kommersant's report did not include an independent response from US or EU officials to Lavrov's characterization of events, leaving his account as the sole version presented in the dispatch.