President Putin announced his readiness to negotiate an end to the conflict
(Dan Tri) – Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he is ready to negotiate an end to the conflict in Ukraine, but Kiev does not want that.
Russian President Vladimir Putin (Photo: Sputnik).
`I’ve said this before: we have never refused to negotiate. So, if the other side wants, let them speak frankly. But from their side, we don’t see what they say,` Tass news agency said.
President Putin also spoke out against US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s statement about negotiations to end the conflict.
`So far, we see no signs that (Russian President) Vladimir Putin has any interest in meaningful diplomacy. If he did, I think Ukraine would be the first to
According to President Putin, the US itself cannot or does not want to compromise with the opponent, instead Washington uses economic sanctions, financial restrictions, threats and force to achieve what it wants.
Previously, at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok on September 12, answering a question about the possibility of ending hostilities in Ukraine, President Putin said that Russia cannot end hostilities if Ukraine continues to counterattack.
Mr. Putin announced that Ukraine would have to rescind the decree excluding negotiations with Russia if it wanted to have any prospect of negotiations to end the war.
In October 2022, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed an official decree declaring the prospect of any negotiations with President Putin `impossible`.
President Putin earlier this month affirmed that Russia is always ready to negotiate an end to the conflict with Ukraine.
Russia has repeatedly stated that the military campaign will only end when Ukraine accepts the “new territorial reality,” that is, recognizing the territories annexed to Russia.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on September 11 that peace negotiations between Ukraine and Russia can only begin after Kiev changes its stance and creates the necessary conditions for such contacts.
Meanwhile, Kiev announced that peace talks will only take place when Moscow withdraws all troops and restores Ukraine’s territorial integrity according to the borders recognized in 1991.
The administration of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky also emphasized that all peace plans must be based on the 10-point plan he issued late last year.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba said last week that the conflict `cannot be ended by simply bringing the warring parties to the negotiating table`.