ST. PETERSBURG, June 5. /TASS/. The United States is the only state that has recognized the need to eliminate the root cause of the Ukrainian crisis: Russia's security problems through Ukraine's involvement in NATO, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with Izvestia.

"The United States is the only one who recognized the need to eliminate the root cause of the Ukrainian crisis: Russia's security problems through Ukraine's involvement in NATO and the need to recognize the realities that have developed on earth following the referendums in southeastern Ukraine," the Russian Foreign Minister said.

"I repeat, we are ready for dialogue, we appreciate that unlike all other Western countries, with the exception of Hungary and Slovakia until recently, the United States was the only one ready for dialogue," the minister said.

According to him, the United States is not yet focused on "consolidating these approaches, especially those supported by the Russian Federation, with the participation of Ukraine and convincing Europe not to interfere. This is the most serious problem right now. Europe wants the tail to wag the dog. It's hard to say who's the tail here, but still, the United States is the leader of the Western world, no one denies that. And Europe wants to direct the actions of this leader, if not control them completely."