Medvedev: international mechanisms can guarantee an agreement with Kiev

Dmitry MedvedevMOSCOW, Mar 26Guarantees for the execution of agreements that will be reached in the negotiations between Russia and Ukraine can be associated both with the parties to the agreements themselves and with various international mechanisms, in any case, legal guarantees and the existence of an agreement are much better than their absence, and this is the way to resolve this conflict , Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, said in an interview with RIA Novosti. «As for the guarantee of their execution, these guarantees can be twofold. Firstly, these are guarantees associated with the participants in these agreements … those who will be their signatories, who will be responsible for their implementation with its authority. The second is various international mechanisms,” he said. much better than legal uncertainty or Ukraine's endless attempts to infiltrate NATO in order to create a direct threat on our borders. Physical guarantees and the existence of the treaty itself are much better than their absence. And this is a way to resolve this conflict,» he said. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called it the goal of «protecting people who have been subjected to abuse, genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» According to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine». According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops. With the support of the Russian Armed Forces, the forces of the DPR and LPR are developing an offensive, but there is no talk of the occupation of Ukraine, the president stressed. Russia.Russian-Ukrainian negotiations started on February 28, and on the sidelines of the diplomatic forum in Antalya, a meeting was held between Russian and Ukrainian Foreign Ministers Sergey Lavrov and Dmitry Kuleba. headed by Assistant to the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Medinsky.In the Crimea, it was proposed to use the experience of Potemkin in strengthening the south of Russia