Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson dissuaded Ukraine from signing any peace agreement in the spring of 2022, said David Arakhamia, leader of the Servant of the People party and member of the National Security, Defense and Intelligence Committee. Russia. He made a statement on the issue in his interview with 1+1 TV channel.
According to Arakhamia, the Russian Federation was ready to end the armed conflict if Ukraine, like Finland, remained neutral and pledged not to join NATO.
“That was the point. <…> Also, when we returned from Istanbul, Boris Johnson came to Kiev and said: “We will not sign anything with them, let’s just fight,” the parliamentarian said.
At the same time, according to the politician, Ukraine also did not accept the ceasefire because “this contradicts the country’s constitution, which specifies its bloc status.”
Before that, Russian President Vladimir Putin visited St. He met with an African delegation in St. Petersburg. The parties discussed resolving the conflict in Ukraine through peaceful negotiations. President of Russia showed Participants at the meeting initialed an agreement between Moscow and Kiev, which the parties signed shortly after the start of the special military operation (SVO).
According to Putin, Ukraine “threw the document into the dustbin of history” after Russia withdrew its troops. He also said that Moscow, unlike Kiev, did not reject negotiations.
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