Original title: Russia and Ukraine said different things about the meeting between the heads of state and disagreed with each other’s views
Reference News Network reported on April 4 Russian and Ukrainian negotiators have mixed expectations for a meeting between the two heads of state.
The Kyiv government believes the first positive signals are emerging after weeks of talks between Russian and Ukrainian representatives to end the conflict, DPA Kyiv reported on April 2. Ukraine’s chief negotiator, Arahamia, said in an interview with state television on the evening of the 2nd that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin may soon hold a meeting.
He said the draft of the document had progressed to the point where it was possible for “direct talks between the two heads of state”. However, he did not disclose any details about the status of the negotiations.
“So our task now is to finalize the final version of the document and the outstanding issues so that the two heads of state can finally hold talks,” Alahamia said. If the talks go through, it is likely to take place in Ankara, Turkey, or in Ankara, Turkey, he said. held in Istanbul.
According to the Interfax news agency Moscow on April 3, Vladimir Mejinsky, head of the Russian delegation to the Russian-Ukrainian negotiation and Russian presidential assistant, did not agree with the optimism shown by his Ukrainian counterparts, believing that the draft treaty has not yet been established. Be prepared to the point where the presidents of the two countries can meet.
“Regarding the preparations for the draft treaty for the summit meeting, unfortunately, I do not share the optimism of Alahamia (head of the Ukrainian negotiating delegation),” he said. “We still have a lot of work to do. In my opinion, Ukraine The diplomatic and military sectors are seriously lagging behind even implementing the agreements that have been reached at the political level.”
He told Interfax news agency: “Alahamia said that Russia accepts the Ukrainian position, except for Crimea. I can only reiterate that the initial consensus is that Ukraine remains neutral and non-aligned. , denuclearization status, prohibit the establishment of foreign military bases, renounce the deployment of foreign troops and any offensive missiles, renounce the development of weapons of mass destruction, refrain from military exercises involving foreign troops, establish an international security mechanism that maintains Ukraine’s neutrality and is Guarantees from countries, including Russia – all of these agreements were made in Istanbul. This is what Russia has been striving to achieve since 2014.”
“Russia’s position on Crimea and Donbass has not changed,” he stressed.