Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitro Kuleba warned Thursday that the draft agreement to stop the Russian invasion of his country so far only reflects Moscow’s demands, and called for Turkey to be among the countries that guarantee an eventual pact.
Kuleba, who met today with his Turkish counterpart, Mevlut Cavusoglu, assured that the draft 15-point agreement released yesterday by the Financial Times newspaper only reflects the Russian position and that “at this time it should not be interpreted as accepted by Ukraine”, he said at a press conference broadcast by Turkish media.
The head of Ukraine’s diplomacy, who met with Cavusoglu in the Ukrainian city of Lviv, assured that he wants Turkey to be one of the countries that will act as guarantors of a future pact, along with Germany and the five permanent members of the Council of UN Security (USA, France, UK, China and Russia).
“We cannot negotiate our security only with Russia, there must be a multilateral guarantee,” Kuleba said.
Cavusoglu, for his part, said that his hopes for an agreement have grown after his meeting today and the one he had yesterday with Russian Minister Sergey Lavrov.
The Turkish minister reported that the president of his country, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has spoken in the last 24 hours with the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, and with the Ukrainian, VolodÃmir Zelensky.
Cavusoglu said that Turkey is ready to host a summit of the two presidents when “the ground is ready.”
The Cavusoglu and Kuleba press conference took place under extreme security measures and was rebroadcast on a delayed basis by the Turkish station NTV.
Among the issues discussed by the two ministers was the difficult humanitarian situation in the city of Mariupol, besieged by Russian troops, and the opening of a corridor to evacuate civilians, including one hundred Turks.
“Tens of thousands of people in Mariupol are waiting to be evacuated. There are more than a hundred Turks, we are in contact with both sides,” Cavusoglu said, explaining that Russia and Ukraine are accusing each other of blocking the evacuation.
The Turkish minister called for a 24-hour ceasefire and the opening of humanitarian corridors under the supervision of the United Nations, the Red Cross and the Red Crescent. (I)
Source: Eluniverso
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