the president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyreiterated that he was “ready to negotiate” with his peer Russian, Vladimir Putinand stressed that “without negotiations we will not be able to end this war”, in an interview broadcast on Sunday by the US news network CNN.
“I am ready to negotiate with him (Vladimir Putin). I have been ready for the last two years and I believe that without negotiations we will not be able to end this war”, he stated on the “Fareed Zakaria GPS” program as part of the fourth week of fighting on Ukrainian territory.
Zelensky defended the several rounds of negotiations already held between kyiv and Moscow since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began on February 24. They had “a lot of value,” he noted.
“If there is only a 1% chance of stopping this war, we should take advantage of it,” he stressed.
Faced with the invasion of Ukraine by the Russian army to “exterminate” the local population, “we must use all formats, all possibilities of negotiation, all possibilities of speaking with (Vladimir) Putin,” the Ukrainian president said.
“If these attempts fail, that would mean it’s a third world war,” said Zelensky, whose government has put Russian troop casualties at more than 14,000.
Turkey, which is stepping up mediation efforts between the two belligerents, said on Sunday that Russia and Ukraine had made progress in their negotiations.
On Saturday, Zelensky had already advocated negotiations in a video posted on social media.
“It is time to meet. It’s time to talk. It is time to restore territorial integrity and justice for Ukraine”, she stated in the message.
Source: Gestion
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