Zakharova: There was no such thing as Moscow-Kiev negotiations
reported by Mehr News Agency According to the Ryanostiya News Agency, Maria Zakharova, the spokeswoman of the Russian Foreign Ministry, issued a statement to the American media “Washington Post” on Sunday regarding the disruption in the negotiations between Russia and Ukraine following the Kiev attack on Kursk. reacted.
In the statement issued by the spokesperson of the Russian Foreign Ministry in response to the report of the American media “Washington Post” that the Ukrainian attack on the Kursk region was in the process of preparing the alleged negotiations between representatives of Moscow and Kiev has created a disturbance; He clarified: There was no such thing as a negotiation between the two sides, so that someone would want to disrupt it.
This is while Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov had previously announced that Moscow does not pay attention to Kiev’s claims of being ready for peace talks.
Talking to reporters at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in Laos, Lavrov said in response to his Ukrainian counterpart’s statements about readiness for negotiations: This is not the first time that he says this and sometimes he says exactly the opposite.
Zelensky announced earlier this month that he is open to talks with Russia regardless of who is in power. Meanwhile, in the fall of 2022, he signed a decree, based on which he banned all negotiations with the current leadership of Moscow.