Zakharova: Ukraine’s peace depends on the country’s disarmament

According to the report of Fars News Agency International Group, “Maria Zakharova”, the spokesperson of the Russian Foreign Ministry, in response to the Swiss Foreign Minister’s comment about the necessity of Moscow’s participation in the Ukraine peace process, said that if the West wants peace talks for Ukraine must stop sending weapons to Kiev.

Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis said on Sunday during a news conference in Davos on the sidelines of a summit on Ukraine peace. Several countries are looking for mediation to attract Russia’s participation in the Ukrainian peace talks, and he emphasized that a peace conference for Ukraine cannot be held without Russia’s participation. The Swiss official told “Izostia” newspaper: “If some countries are willing to find a way out of the deadlock they are stuck in because of Washington, this is a good thing. In this case, they should stop sending arms to Ukraine, sanctions against Russia, and making Russophobic speeches and statements.” Zakharova warned: “But if the goal of these rhetorics is It is to introduce Russia into some kind of illusory process based on the conditions of the West in order to influence Russia’s principled approaches, we will not be drawn into such a trap.”

Russia from February 24, 2022 (March 5, 1400) after recognizing the independence of Luhansk and Donetsk republics from Ukraine, he sent troops to this region and announced the beginning of “special military operations in Ukraine”.

Some time after this development, the delegations of Russian and Ukrainian negotiators held several rounds of negotiations regarding the possibility of peace, but ultimately the negotiations ended in a stalemate. In October 2022, Zelensky signed a decree claiming that Kiev cannot hold peace talks with Moscow as long as “Vladimir Putin” is the president of Russia. He himself lost about 20% of the territory of Ukraine and proposed a 10-point peace plan known as the “Peace Formula” and demanded the withdrawal of all Russian soldiers from Ukraine, the exchange of all prisoners with Russia, security guarantees for Ukraine and the return to the previous borders. It has been since 2014. However, Moscow has consistently emphasized that it welcomes peace talks if Ukraine recognizes the territorial conquests of Russian forces that have taken place since the implementation of special military operations in this country.

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