Russian-Ukrainian negotiations in Belarus. File photoBERLIN, May 9.German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called for the resumption and more specific negotiations between the Russian Federation and Ukraine in order to quickly reach a peaceful settlement. «Our demand is that the negotiations be restarted, that the negotiations between Russia and Ukraine become more concrete, that they reach an agreement very quickly. It should not be that now, after many many thousands of dead people, new destruction is inflicted on Ukraine. On the contrary, we must now come to the conclusion that progress is made in the negotiations,» he said at a joint press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron in Berlin , in response to a request for comment on Russian leader Vladimir Putin's speech at the May 9th parade.Macron: France and Germany want to complete the negotiations between Russia and UkraineSholz noted that the military operation of the Russian Federation has been going on for several weeks. «Therefore, it is important that we move forward very quickly to end the war. Our demands are clear — the war must be ended, the guns must be silenced, we want Russia to withdraw its troops. In this regard, it is important that there is no new growth of escalation. In In any case, as far as the territory is concerned, what will actually happen in Ukraine — we will see this more precisely in the coming days and weeks. One thing must be clear, that it is impossible to imagine Ukraine accepting a forced peace, a situation where conditions will be presented to it, which it cannot accept with an eye to sovereignty and territorial integrity,» Scholz added. At the end of February, Russian-Ukrainian consultations began: 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 delegations held another round of talks in Istanbul. As a result, the head of the Russian delegation at the talks, Assistant to the President of the Russian Federation 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 in response made two step towards Ukraine. First, it was decided to significantly reduce hostilities in the Kiev and Chernigov directions. Secondly, Moscow suggested that the meeting between President Vladimir Putin and Vladimir Zelensky should take place simultaneously with the initialing of the treaty by the foreign ministers. are in stagnation, the Foreign Ministry said, but later Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Ukraine was refusing its own proposals and creating numerous provocations in order to slow down the negotiation process. In particular, according to the minister, Ukraine presented its draft agreement with Russia, which is a departure from the provisions fixed at the meeting in Istanbul regarding Crimea, and also changed the provision on military exercises without mentioning the need to obtain Russia's consent.
