PARIS, Dec 1 Developments in Ukraine in the coming weeks and months, as well as the choice of Ukrainians, will determine the moment for negotiations with the Russian Federation, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday.
The French president is on an official visit to the United States from November 29 to December 2. On Thursday, he held talks with American leader Joe Biden at the White House.
«President Zelensky, from the moment he was elected until February, did not stop wanting to negotiate … Therefore, I consider it legitimate that Zelensky sets conditions for negotiations «Now we have to start working on it. The evolution of the situation in the coming weeks and months, as well as the choice of the Ukrainians, will allow us to say what moment will be right for this,» Macron said at a press conference following the talks with Biden, broadcast by the Elysee Palace on Twitter.
According to the President of France, the 10-step plan proposed by Zelensky «shows the desire of Ukrainians to move into the plane of negotiations,» so we need to work with him on this issue.
Earlier Zelensky during an online speech at the G20 summit, he voiced his vision of steps to restore peace in Ukraine, consisting of 10 points. Also at the G20, he said that «there will be no» Minsk-3 «, the press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov said in a comment that such words «absolutely confirm» Kyiv's position of unwillingness to negotiate.