the russian negotiator Vladimir Medinsky stated this Sunday that Russia is willing to resume peace talks with Ukraineassuring that they had been suspended because of kyiv.
“For our part, we are ready to continue the dialogue,” said Vladimir Medinski, a Kremlin adviser in charge of negotiations with Ukraine, in an interview with Belarusian television.
“The freezing of the talks was completely an initiative of Ukraine,” he added, considering that “the ball was in the court” of kyiv.
“Russia has never rejected negotiations,” he said.
After Russian forces entered Ukraine on February 24, rounds of talks were organized between the two countries.
The Russian and Ukrainian foreign ministers met in Turkey in March and the delegations met in Istanbul, but without success.
The Ukrainian negotiator, Mijailo Podoliak, declared last Tuesday that the talks had been “suspended”, while Russia refocused its “special operation” in eastern Ukraine.
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