New York, 18 July 2024 (dpa/MIA) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has praised Donald Trump's pick for his vice presidential running mate JD Vance over his stance on the war in Ukraine, launched by Moscow more than two years ago.

Vance, a senator from Ohio, was in favour of peace and an end to military aid for Ukraine, Lavrov said at the United Nations in New York on Wednesday, according to Russian state news agency TASS.

"We can only welcome this because it is exactly what is needed - to stop inflaming Ukraine with weapons," Lavrov said.

"The war will be over. We will start looking for solutions," he added.

The US has been the biggest supplier of weapons to Ukraine to help Kiev repel the full-scale Russian invasion launched on February 24, 2022.

However there has been concern among Washington's NATO allies that US support might be scaled back significantly if November's presidential election returns Trump to the White House, because they doubt his willingness to support Ukraine's war effort.

Lavrov said he had heard that Vance was in favour of stopping arms deliveries to Ukraine and was committed to finding a solution to the war in Ukraine.

Vance, a former fierce critic of Trump, has since wholeheartedly embraced him and is considered a rising star in the Republican Party.

He often rails against US aid provided to Kiev and voted against a $61-billion aid package for Ukraine approved by the Senate in April.

Just days before the war broke out, Vance stated: "I don't really care what happens to Ukraine one way or the other."

Trump, who was officially nominated as the Republican Party's official presidential candidate on Monday, has repeatedly claimed he would be able to end the Ukraine war within 24 hours, though without out detailing how he would achieve that goal.

Photo: UNSC