UN Secretary-General António Guterres believes that it is unlikely that Russia and Ukraine will initiate a dialogue to resolve the conflict in the near future. INSIDE report El Pais noted that he has not yet seen the preconditions for starting the negotiation process.
“Unfortunately, I believe that peace negotiations are impossible at the moment. “Both sides are convinced that they can emerge victorious from the current situation. What we are doing is, as much as possible, dialogue with both sides to resolve specific issues,” Guterres said.
As the UN Secretary-General pointed out, the grain agreement, now in danger of failing, was an important step on the ground of the conflict. He also added that the organization is trying to salvage the situation by doing everything possible to implement the Russian part of the agreement.
Guterres, previously handle The parties of the grain agreement met in Istanbul. According to him, we are talking about quadrilateral negotiations in the format of Russia, UN, Turkey and Ukraine.