The advances in negotiations between Russia and Ukraine yet are not enough for one meeting between the leaders of both countries, Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyas pointed out this Monday by the Kremlin.
“The degree of progress in talksprobably, is not as desired as desirednor as required by the dynamics of the development of the situation for the Ukrainian side”, pointed out the spokesman for the Russian Presidency, Dmitri Peskovin his daily telephone press conference.
In this regard, Peskov refused to comment on the details of the talks when asked at what stage the delegations of both countries now stand, as they plan resume their meetings this Monday in videoconference format. At the same time, he has insisted that for the meeting between the presidents would be possible only after the previous work and agree on a agreement. “At the moment, there is no significant progress (in that direction),” she reiterated.
On the other hand, he stressed that Russia does not study the establishment of a Stop the fire for as long as the negotiations last, because those breaks are used by “nationalist formations” in Ukraine to “regroup and continue attacks against Russian troops.”
Zelensky rules out the independence of Donbas and Crimea
the ukrainian presidentVolodymyr Zelensky, He stated this Sunday that he is “prepared” to negotiate with his counterpart Russian, Vladimir Putin, to put end to hostilities in the country, but ruled out recognizing the independence of Donbas and Russian sovereignty over crimea. In an interview with CNN, the Ukrainian leader stated emphatically that he will not assume “any commitment that affects the territorial integrity and sovereignty” from Ukraine.
The Kremlin claims that Kyiv resign to plans to join the NATOrecognize the independence of the self-proclaimed republics of Donetsk and Lugansk, in Donbas, and Russian control of Crimea, annexed by Moscow in 2014.
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According to him Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavusogluthe talks to find a way out of the conflict have progressed to the point “almost to a deal” on most of the issues raised at the negotiating table. In an interview published this Sunday by the daily Hürriyet, the head of Turkish diplomacy summed up the conclusions that he has drawn from his trips to Moscow and Lviv last week, where he met with his Russian and Ukrainian counterparts, Sergei Lavrov and Dimitro Kuleba, respectively. The minister assured that a long way has already been traveled in the talks between the delegations of both parties, but that peace will require a meeting at the highest level.
The Kremlin thanked this Monday the efforts of all the countries that offer themselves as venues for a possible meeting between Putin and Zelenskybut insisted that at the moment this is “a secondary matter“.
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Eddie is an Australian news reporter with over 9 years in the industry and has published on Forbes and tech crunch.