Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed this Sunday Direct conversations with Ukraine on May 15 In Istanbul that, as he has declared, must be destined to make a lasting peace and eliminate the fundamental causes of war.
The Russian president has declared that direct conversations with Ukraine in Istanbul are an attempt to “eliminate the fundamental causes of the conflict and achieve the restoration of long -term lasting peace.”
Of course, Putin has rejected that Russia would end the negotiations in 2022, the year in which the war began. “It was not Russia that broke the negotiations in 2022. It was kyiv. However, we proposed that kyiv resumes direct negotiations without any previous condition,” said the Russian president, referring to the failed conversations shortly after the Russian invasion of 2022. “We offer kyiv authorities resume negotiations Thursday, in Istanbul. “
“Our proposal, as they say, is on the table, The decision is now in the hands of the Ukrainian authorities and his commissioners, who apparently guide themselves, for their personal political ambitions, and not for the interests of their peoples. “