White House: Ukraine and Russia are not ready to negotiate

report Mehr News Agency quoted Tass, the spokesman of the White House as saying that Ukraine is not ready to start negotiations with Russia.

“John Kirby”, head of strategic communications of the National Security Council of the White House, told reporters about the situation around Ukraine: “At the moment, it is not expected that any of the parties will be ready to negotiate.” be.

This White House official said that America believes that neither Russia nor Ukraine is in a position to come to the negotiating table.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said late last December that Moscow is ready to talk about Ukraine, but any agreement should be structured in such a way that to prevent their violation.

The Russian Foreign Minister emphasized that Vladimir Putin, the Russian President, has already explained Moscow’s position on conflict resolution.