Following US President-elect Donald Trump’s requires an “quick ceasefire” in Ukraine, Russia on Monday stated it’s “open to negotiations” on Kyiv and it welcomes peace initiatives.
Donald Trump’s name got here after his assembly with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky and French President Emmanuel Macron on November 7 in Paris on the reopening of the Notre Dame Cathedral.
After the assembly, the Republican chief took to his Fact Social platform and stated, “There must be a right away ceasefire, and negotiations ought to start. Too many lives are being needlessly wasted, too many households destroyed.”
Russia’s ministry of international affairs on Monday quoted Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov and posted on X, “We’ve got fastidiously learn the assertion by US President-elect Donald Trump, made after his assembly with Macron and Zelenskyy in Paris. Russia is open to negotiations on Ukraine and welcomes peace initiatives. The circumstances required to stop the hostilities had been laid out by President (Vladimir) Putin.”
The assertion from the Kremlin additional famous that President Putin welcomed peace initiatives, particularly these “coming from nations of the World South, in addition to our BRICS companions, together with China, Brazil, and South Africa, and the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, that are engaged in work on the humanitarian observe”.
Peskov, nonetheless, identified Ukraine’s “rejection” of negotiations, accusing Zelenskyy of utilizing a decree to dam negotiations with Moscow.
“Our stance is well-known. The circumstances required to stop the hostilities instantly had been laid by out by President Putin in June this yr in his speech at Russia’s Overseas Ministry,” the assertion stated.
It additional stated, “What bears reminding right here is that it was Ukraine that rejected negotiations, and the nation nonetheless rejects them. Furthermore, Zelensky has, by his personal decree, banned himself and his presidential workplace from making any engagements with the Russian management. This explicit stance of theirs stays unchanged.”
The Kremlin spokesperson additionally stated that every one that the Ukraine president has to do to enter a path of peace is to revoke his decree, difficulty orders for resuming dialogue on the idea of preparations made in Istanbul, and take into consideration the realities of right now.
Whereas Trump has repeatedly stated that he’ll convey an finish to the Ukraine warfare, the 2 nations concerned within the battle haven’t absolutely engaged in a dialogue for peace. What started as battle with Crimea’s annexation in 2014 became a full-blown warfare in February 2022, when Moscow invaded Ukraine.
