There is no platform for negotiations between Ukraine and Russia

reported by Mehr News Agency quoted by Sputnik, “Dmitry Peskov”, the spokesperson of the Russian government, stated that there is no basis for starting peace talks between Ukraine and Russia in the current situation.

He pointed to the failure of talks between the Ukrainian and Russian officials in the early months of the war in Istanbul, Turkey, and said: The reason for Ukraine’s refusal to continue negotiations in Istanbul was direct pressure from London, the rest is all guesswork. It is suspected.

Vladimir Putin, the President of Russia, for the first time in June last year, in a meeting with African leaders who traveled to Russia with the aim of mediating peace talks between Moscow and Kiev. He disclosed confidential documents!

Putin revealed in this meeting that after “last year’s peace agreement between Moscow and Kiev in Turkey”, Russian forces had withdrawn from Kiev and areas controlled by Ukraine. . He added that “Kiev has refused to sign the agreement after the voluntary withdrawal of Russian forces as part of this agreement.”

According to Putin, in spring 2022 in Istanbul, Moscow and Kiev implicitly signed the draft of the agreement, which is called “Treaty of Permanent Neutrality and Security Guarantees for Ukraine”. had agreed, and after Russia fulfills its obligations under this agreement and leaves Kiev, Ukraine broke its promise and refused to sign the agreement.

According to this document, England, China, Russia, America, France and Turkey acted as guarantors. According to Putin, Kiev’s lack of commitment to this agreement was caused by “destructive actions and efforts of the West”. The President of Russia, quoting the report of “Foreign Affairs” magazine, noted that these developments (Ukraine’s impromptu) coincided with the visit of Boris Johnson, the British Prime Minister at the time, to Kiev, and that Johnson was the leader of the West’s efforts to obstruct the implementation of this agreement. .

According to this publication, several knowledgeable sources had previously clarified and confirmed the effect of Johnson’s efforts to stop the negotiations, that during the trip to Kiev, Johnson, Volodymyr Zelenskiy has urged the president of Ukraine to stop negotiations with Russia for two main reasons; Firstly, “negotiations with Putin are not possible” and secondly, “the West is currently (at that time) not ready to end the war.”