Russia to present peace accord draft after prisoner exchange, Lavrov says

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. Russia marks the 80th anniversary of the victory in World War II over Nazi Germany and its allies YURI KOCHETKOV/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia will be ready to hand Ukraine a draft document outlining conditions for a long-term peace accord once a prisoner exchange now under way is completed, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday.

Lavrov, in statements on his ministry's website, said Russia was committed to working out a peaceful settlement in the more than three-year-old war pitting Moscow against Kyiv.