Russia accuses the EU of sabotaging peace negotiations and ironizing the video conferencing European leaders with Trump
The Russian Foreign Ministry has cataloged as “insignificant” the consultations that a group of European leaders will have by video conferencing with Trump to try to determine the White House leader to defend Ukraine's interests with Putin.
Vladimir Putin, President of Russia Photo: EPA-EFE
“We consider the actions required by Europeans as political and practically insignificant.said the spokesman of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Alexei Fadeev.
According to him, the Putin-Trump summit that will be held on Friday in Alaska “It has to allow leaders to focus on approaching all the problems accumulated, starting with the Ukrainian crisis and ending with obstacles that prevent the normal development of bilateral dialogue.”reports AFP and EFE agencies, according to Agerpres.
The Russian diplomat also said that Russia has not changed its principle position on the resolution of the Ukrainian conflict and maintains its requests already made little last year, including the neutrality of Ukraine and a free country status status for it.
On the other hand, the representative of the MAE Russian claimed that Moscow did not receive from Kiev any official response regarding a proposal presented by Russia at Istanbul to create three working groups (political, military and humanitarian) to boost the peace negotiations.
European leaders have intensified their contacts and reactions in support of Ukraine, trying to approach the European positions President Donald Trump, before the summit he will have with Russian President Vladimir Putin. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz organized for Wednesday afternoon a video conference to which the heads of state or government in France, the United Kingdom, Poland and Finland, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von Der Leyen, the President of the European Council, Antonio Costa, the General Secretary of NATO, Mark Rutte, as well as the president of Ukraine Vol. Zelenski.
They will then participate in the same day and in the same format in a video conference with Donald Trump. Also on Wednesday there is also a video conference meeting of the leaders of the so-called countries “Coalition of volunteers“, a group of countries that support Ukraine in the war with Russia. Russia has so far asked Ukraine to officially give up the four regions partially controlled by the Russian army (Donetk, Lugansk, Zaporojie and Herson), as well as the Crimea Peninsula annexed in 2014, to renounce the aspiration of NATO and to diminish its military capabilities.
These conditions were described by Ukraine as unacceptable and demanded the full withdrawal of Russian troops from its territory, as well as Western security guarantees, including continuing weapons and, as a substitute for NATO accession, a European military contingent on Ukrainian territory by countries from countries from countries. “Volunteer Coalition”, deployment to which Russia is categorically opposed.
Before the meeting by video conference held on Wednesday at the initiative of the German Chancellor, the states of the European Union, except for Hungary, issued a statement asking for any negotiations “significant“Looking at Ukraine to take place only after Russia, which has succeeded in recent days a notable advance on the east of Ukraine, will accept a”cessation of fire or a decrease in hostilities. “
In the same statement of EU states, Ukraine's direct involvement is requested in negotiations and it is emphasized that the borders “cannot be changed by force ”after Trump suggested the idea of an exchange of territories for a Russian-Ukrainian peace agreement.
