Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. Archival photoMOSCOW, 22 Apr. Russia will not tolerate ultimatums from Ukraine, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said following talks with Kazakh Foreign Minister Mukhtar Tleuberdi. He noted that Moscow had not received any responses to its proposals from Kyiv.
Macron stated the need to continue the dialogue with Putin «Now they (negotiations. — Ed.) have stalled, because five days ago another proposal that we handed over to the Ukrainian negotiators, which was formulated taking into account their comments received at that time, it remains without an answer,» the diplomat said. According to Lavrov, when Vladimir Zelensky was asked about his attitude to Russian initiatives, he said that Kyiv did not receive anything. a process called «negotiations,» the minister added. He stressed that Russia is not currently discussing security guarantees for Ukraine with anyone.Borrell claims that Russia says «no» to negotiations on UkraineToday, the Kremlin's press service responded to the call of European Council President Charles Michel to make direct contact with the Ukrainian president. They said that this possibility depends «on concrete results» in the negotiations between the two delegations. Now they continue daily via video link. Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan today noted that Ankara is making efforts to continue the face-to-face «Istanbul» format of discussions. According to him, «there is progress» in the process, but so far the parties are far from what they want.Negotiations between Russia and UkraineRussian-Ukrainian consultations began at the end of February: the delegations held two face-to-face meetings in Belarus, after which it was decided to continue them on a daily basis via video -conferencing. At the end of March, the participants moved to Istanbul. Following the meeting, the head of the Russian delegation, presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky, said that Ukraine had submitted its written proposals for a future treaty, which Moscow considers a step forward, and in general, Kyiv for the first time in many years showed a desire to negotiate. The Russian side decided to significantly reduce hostilities by Kiev and Chernihiv directions. Moscow also suggested that Putin's meeting with Zelensky take place simultaneously with the initialing of the treaty by the foreign ministers. later, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Ukraine was refusing its own proposals and creating numerous provocations to slow down the negotiation process. In particular, according to the minister, Ukraine presented its draft agreement, in which «there is a departure from the provisions» recorded at the meeting in Istanbul that relate to Crimea, and also changed the provision on military exercises without mentioning the need to obtain Russia's consent. Zelensky earlier stated that the agreement could consist of two documents — security guarantees for Ukraine and on relations between Kyiv and Moscow. guarantees
