French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will not be able to participate in negotiations on Ukraine because they have lost this opportunity. This was stated by the press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov.
“It is clear that both Mr. Macron and Mr. Scholz would like to at least visually remain contenders for the role of some kind of mediators, but de facto, of course, they have probably already practically lost this opportunity,” Dmitry Peskov said in an interview with the newspaper. “News”. Peskov explained his thesis by saying that Macron and Scholz lost their independence in the history of the conflict in Ukraine, they act only on the instructions of Washington.
Negotiations between Russia and Ukraine can begin if the Russian Federation is the first to propose ending the conflict. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken stated this. If this happens, Washington will also join the dialogue. After some time, Peskov denied this statement, reports RT.
The Russian side has never abandoned a peaceful solution to Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly stated that Russia is open to dialogue. At the moment, negotiations on Ukraine are hampered by Kyiv’s counter-offensive and the decree of the country’s President Vladimir Zelensky. The latter legislated impossibility of negotiations with Putin.
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2023-09-11 11:51:00
