MOSCOW, Nov 16 Volodymyr Zelensky said he received signals from partners that Russia wants direct negotiations, proposed a public format.
«I received signals from the leaders of states who say: it seems to us that Putin wants direct negotiations. And I said: we will offer a public format», — Zelensky said on Wednesday during a conversation with reporters broadcast on the air of the united Ukrainian telethon.
Zelensky stressed that he does not want negotiations to take place «behind the scenes.»
Zelensky on November 8, after reports from Western media, that Kyiv is being pushed into a dialogue with Russia, called the conditions for Ukraine to start a dialogue. According to him, this is «restoration of territorial integrity, respect for the UN charter, compensation for all losses, punishment of every war criminal and guarantees that this will not happen again.» At the same time, earlier Zelensky signed a decree on the implementation of the decision of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine on the impossibility of holding negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin. He also stated that Ukraine will not conduct any negotiations with Russia while Putin is president.
Putin stated that Russia has always said that it is open to negotiations on Ukraine, if Kyiv matures, then mediation will be in demand. the efforts of those who propose.
Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov said on November 15 that Ukraine cannot and does not want to negotiate, «accordingly, the goals of the Russian Federation will be carried out through the continuation of a special military operation.»