Matvienko: Moscow is ready for negotiations with Kyiv, but subject to existing conditions
If the West had wanted to, it would have seated Ukraine at the negotiating table and approached the achievement of amicable agreements, said Federation Council Chairman Valentina Matviyenko. She noted that Russia is ready for negotiations even today, but they must be expressed. The basis for negotiations will be the acceptance of conditions, Ms. Matviyenko said.
“Of course, if the West wanted to, it would have seated Kyiv at the negotiating table and in the future they would reach peace agreements. They had completely different goals, different tasks,” said the speaker of the Federation Council in the program “Nedelya” on the Belarusian TV channel. STV. Nevertheless, Russia has not left the negotiations, it is ready for it today, but they should be thoughts, said Valentina Matvienko.
“Russia is still ready for negotiations today, but not for declarative, non-talking exercises, not to invent some kind of schemes, topics that can be dragged out sharply,” Ms. Matvienko explained. “Clearly and distinctly set out our conditions must be accepted. And this becomes the basis for negotiations, during which the nuances are specified, and so on, ”said the speaker of the Federation Council. She noted that Russian conditions are being discovered and are important not only for the Russian Federation, but in general for stability.
Russia and Ukraine have been carrying out heavy tests since February. Several meetings in Belarus that took place with the delegation switched to video communication. At the end of March, they were held in the usual format in Istanbul, currently the negotiation process is suspended.
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