The Russian leader’s remark prompted the White House to say Putin should stop commenting on the Nov. 5 election.
“It was a joke,” Lavrov said, when asked how much the change in U.S. president would affect Russia’s foreign policy.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he hoped to meet former President Donald Trump next week when he travels to the United States to present Kyiv's “victory plan” in the war against Russia.
“We will most likely have a meeting, I think, on September 26-27,” Zelenskyy told media late Friday, without providing further details.
Zelenskyy said in August he wanted to present his plan to Biden, Harris, and Trump.
While Trump and Zelenskyy talked over the phone in July, they have not met in person since Trump’s 2017-2021 term.
Zelenskyy has repeatedly said there is no alternative for a ‘just peace’ and ruled out freezing the war, saying it would simply postpone Russian aggression. »