President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said on the evening of Wednesday, November 16: received signals about Moscow’s desire to negotiate directly with Kyiv from partners.
“I have received signals from state leaders that we think Putin wants direct negotiations. So I said: we will present a public form ”
– The Ukrainian leader told reporters during the telethon.
He noted that he did not want the negotiations to take place “behind the scenes” and that US authorities believed Washington’s assurances. does not bargain in Ukraine without the participation of Kiev.
Zelensky also explained that Ukraine should not be interested in all aspects of the negotiations between the USA and Russia.
“Where Ukraine is, we have an agreement that they, the United States, do not discuss Ukraine’s issues without us, that they decide absolutely nothing without us.
We have such an agreement. How it really happens – we believe in partners, ”he quotes TASS.
Zelensky previously called the conditions for starting a dialogue – this is “the restoration of Ukraine’s territorial integrity, respect for the UN charter, compensation for all losses, punishment of every war criminal and a guarantee that this will not happen again.”
Remember Zelensky on October 4 signed a decree On the implementation of the decision of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine on the impossibility of negotiations with Putin.
He also claimed that as long as Putin is president of the Russian Federation, Ukraine will not hold any negotiations.
“The Russian Federation has always said that it is open to negotiations on Ukraine, but will not discuss the choice of residents of the DPR, LPR, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions,” he said.
On November 15, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov claimed that Ukraine could not and did not want to negotiate. Accordingly, according to him, “The goals of the Russian Federation will be implemented through continuation. special military operation.
“Chance of Compromise”
Against this background, the Pentagon expects hostilities in Ukraine to slow down in the winter, which could provide an opportunity for a political solution. With this prediction spoke Mark Milley, Chief of Staff of the U.S. Armed Forces, on Wednesday.
“The natural tendency is for tactical operations to slow down in winter,” the general explained.
“There can be a lot of activity in the winter, but speaking of how it usually happens, tactical operations are slowed down a bit because of the weather. “If the pace of the conflict really slows down, if it drops, that may or may not provide an opportunity to start negotiations for a political solution, or at least a political solution,” Milley said.
The last face-to-face meeting between Russia and Ukraine took place in Istanbul at the end of March. Kyiv demanded explicit security guarantees to conclude a peace treaty with Moscow at the time.
According to Ukrainian authorities, the document has been exported to the United States, Poland, Turkey, China, France, Israel, etc. It had to be approved by the guarantor countries that might be involved. and non-nuclear
At the same time, questions about the regional credibility of Crimea and the future of the Donbass republics had to be resolved in the future, primarily by political and diplomatic means.
Source: Gazeta
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