He noted that “neither side rejects the possibility of such communication.” But on the line between the Office of the President of Ukraine and the Administration of the President of Russia, “the parties are far from agreeing on a specific agenda for such a possible meeting,” the Kremlin speaker added.
Peskov “does not think” that such a meeting is possible this year, since “in terms of preparation, there are still significant problems with defining the range of issues that could be discussed.”
Context:
Putin and Zelenskiy met in person only once – in December 2019 in Paris at the Normandy format leaders’ summit.
On April 20, 2021, Zelensky invited Putin to meet “anywhere in Donbass where there is a war”… Putin answered after two days and offered to meet in Moscow. The head of the Kremlin said he was ready to negotiate bilateral relations. To “discuss the problems of Donbass,” the Ukrainian leadership should meet with the leaders of the “LPR” and “DPR”, and “only then discuss them with representatives of third countries,” he said.
Representatives of the Ukrainian delegation to the TCG believe that the President of Ukraine you should not go to Moscow for negotiations… To Kiev inviting Putin is incorrect, said the head of the President’s Office Andriy Yermak.
In an interview with the Italian newspaper La Repubblica on April 27, Zelenskiy said that his meeting with Putin could go to the Vatican… “This is truly an ideal place for a dialogue about peace,” the Ukrainian president is convinced. Before that, Zelensky said that he “cares not about the venue, but about the content of the meeting”.
On May 21, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba stated that Zelensky will not meet with Putinif at this meeting there will be no topics from the occupied Crimea and Donbass.
On June 30, Putin said that so far sees no point in meeting with Zelensky, since “the key issues of the life of Ukraine are resolved not in Kiev, but in Washington, partly in Berlin and Paris.”
Zelensky, responding to Putin’s statement, called the words of the head of the Kremlin “a propaganda mantra that designed for domestic consumers in Russia itself “.
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