Putin, after the phone conversation with Erdogan: the peace plan for Ukraine is similar to the one discussed at the Alaska summit
Following a phone call with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Russian President Vladimir Putin said the peace plan for Ukraine is similar to the one discussed at the recent Russian-American summit in Alaska.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Vladimir Putin/PHOTO: EPA-EFE
Putin also added that the plan “could serve as a basis for a final peace solution”. He reaffirmed Moscow's declared interest in a political and diplomatic solution to the conflict, writes Newsweek.
According to the Kremlin, Erdogan said Turkey would grant “all possible assistance” of the dialogue process.
The two leaders also agreed to deepen bilateral contacts on Ukraine, while reviewing broader cooperation, including trade, investment and energy projects.
The Kremlin also said Erdogan shared impressions from his meetings at the G20 summit.
The 28-point plan, proposed by President Donald Trump, calls for Ukraine to cede territory in Donbas, reduce its military and pledge not to join NATO, longstanding demands of Moscow.
The proposal would force Kiev to give up heavily fortified cities in eastern Ukraine that officials consider vital to national security.
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has repeatedly rejected similar concessions, including earlier suggestions that Ukraine cede parts of Donbas in exchange for Russian-occupied territories in Kherson and Zaporozhye.
EU leaders presented their own red lines during talks in Geneva.
The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, stated that Ukraine's borders “they cannot be changed by force”that its army must not be weakened and that the EU's role in securing peace must be central.
She emphasized Ukraine's right to follow its “European destiny”, starting with the reconstruction and integration into the single market and defense base of the bloc.
The European counter-proposal to the 28-point peace plan proposed by the US for Ukraine is not constructive and simply not acceptable to Moscow, Kremlin foreign policy adviser Yuri Ushakov said today, quoted by TASS and Reuters.
“The European plan is, at first glance, completely unconstructive and does not work for us”Ushakov emphasized to the press.
“Not all, but many of the provisions of this (US) plan seem quite acceptable to us”, Ushakov stated. Some of them will require more in-depth discussions, he added.
