The Kremlin assessed the likelihood of a meeting between Putin and Zelensky

by time news

Contacts between the presidents of Russia and Ukraine, Vladimir Putin and Vladimir Zelensky, are necessary, but unlikely, said the press secretary of the head of the Russian state Dmitry Peskov on the air of the Russia 1 TV channel.

“Sound logic dictates the need for contacts between the two presidents. But the reality is to say that these contacts are hardly possible as long as this position of Kiev continues, “he said (quoted by RIA Novosti).

Peskov explained that the president was ready to meet with Zelensky “yesterday”, but the stumbling block remains Ukraine’s unwillingness to fulfill the Minsk agreements reached.

“We are in a situation where the work on the implementation of the Minsk package of measures has reached an impasse,” he said.

The presidential spokesman also added that Ukraine is trying to present Russia as a party to the conflict in Donbass, while it is an internal Ukrainian one.

Earlier, answering journalists’ questions after speaking at the 76th UN General Assembly, Zelensky said that he would meet with Putin when he was ready. During his speech, the President of Ukraine quoted Putin’s words from his speech at the UN General Assembly in 2015.

Earlier, the press secretary of the Ukrainian president, Sergei Nikiforov, said that Zelensky was ready to meet with Putin only if the issue of “Russia’s occupation of part of the territory of Ukraine” was discussed. Peskov replied that it was impossible to discuss Crimea at the meeting of the two presidents. The wording used by Nikiforov, according to Peskov, casts doubt on the holding of the meeting.

.

You may also like

Leave a Comment