"In this regard, despite everything, we propose that the Kiev authorities resume the talks they interrupted at the end of 2022, resume direct talks, and without any preconditions. We propose to begin without delay next Thursday, May 15, in Istanbul, where they were held earlier and where they were interrupted," Putin said in a statement following a series of international talks in the Kremlin.
Russia is ready for serious negotiations with Ukraine, the point is to eliminate the root causes of the conflict, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.
Russia is ready for serious negotiations with Ukraine, the point is to eliminate the root causes of the conflict, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.
"Our proposal, as they say, is on the table, the decision is now up to the Ukrainian authorities and their patrons, who seem to be guided by their personal political ambitions, and not by the interests of their peoples, who want to continue the war with Russia through the hands of Ukrainian nationalists," the head of state said.
The president did not rule out that a ceasefire could be reached during the negotiations with Ukraine.
"There are military actions, a war going on now. And we propose to resume the negotiations that were interrupted not by us. What's wrong with that? Those who really want peace cannot but support it," Putin said.