Hanoi, June 20, 2024, 19:31 - IA Regnum. Russia has never refused negotiations with Ukraine. Moscow is ready for dialogue with Kiev on the basis of the Istanbul and Minsk agreements, said Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“If negotiations are connected with the withdrawal of our troops, which the Kiev regime dreams of, then, apparently, this will never happen, because the Kiev regime does not want to leave power, does not want to hold normal elections in accordance with the Constitution of Ukraine. That is, they will forever delay the ceasefire and they are interested in our troops remaining in these territories, because they are not interested in holding elections,” the Russian leader noted.
The head of state emphasized that he was not aware of any signals about negotiations from the Verkhovna Rada.
As Regnum reported, on June 7, Russian President Vladimir Putin, commenting on the prospects for peace negotiations in Ukraine, said that the Kiev regime has no legitimacy. The Russian leader noted that it will be possible to conduct a dialogue with Kiev only if you first “defeat” it.
The head of state explained that the current leadership of Ukraine will not implement any agreements if this is not done. He added that the Kiev regime regularly says one thing and acts differently.
Russia sincerely wanted to reach an agreement with Ukraine at peace talks in 2022, the delegation from Ukraine expressed the same desire, said presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky, who headed the negotiating team from the Russian Federation in Istanbul.
In Istanbul, the Russian and Ukrainian delegations came to agreements on the non-aligned and non-nuclear status of Ukraine and security guarantees for it. But the Kiev regime abandoned the agreements reached, and its head Vladimir Zelensky said that Ukraine would seek a return to the 1991 borders.
Arakhamia admitted in November 2023 that the peace talks in Istanbul were disrupted by the then British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who convinced Kiev to continue hostilities.
On June 17, 2023, Russian President Vladimir Putin, at a meeting with the leaders of African countries, showed them the initialed peace treaty with Ukraine, which provided for the neutrality of Kyiv and security guarantees. He also showed a draft of the Istanbul Treaty, which included various provisions, including the number of military equipment and personnel. The Ukrainian authorities abandoned the agreements as soon as Russia withdrew its troops from Kyiv, the president emphasized.