[Russian Foreign Minister: Russia is willing to engage in bilateral or trilateral negotiations but has no illusions] September 16th, Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov delivered a speech and answered questions when attending an event in Yekaterinburg on September 16th. He said that Russia is willing to conduct bilateral or trilateral negotiations on the Ukrainian issue, but it has no illusions. He emphasized that the suspension of previous rounds of negotiations was not caused by Russia. He also pointed out that Russia will not and does not intend to sign any agreement with Europe in areas related to national security. He also mentioned that Russian President Putin had previously warned that if Europe attacks Russia, "it will be a completely different war, and it will be very short." He hopes Europe has heard the warning. He also said that the presence of European troops in Ukraine would mean direct war with Russia. Lavrov also said that day that in order to achieve comprehensive dialogue with the United States, Russia-US relations must be completely normalized. (CCTV News)