Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov attends a meeting with President of Egypt Abdel Fattah el-Sisi at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, 09 May 2025. (Photo: Reuters)

Lavrov, in statements on his ministry's website, said Russia was committed to working out a peaceful settlement in the conflict pitting Moscow against Kyiv.

Russia and Ukraine each released 390 prisoners on Friday and said they would free more in the coming days, an initiative agreed in talks between Russian and Ukrainian officials in Turkey last week.