MOSCOW, Feb 12 Israel ready to mediate in negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, if Kiev and Moscow so wish, said Israeli Ambassador to Ukraine Mikhail Brodsky.
«Our Prime Minister replied that if there is a desire on the part of the Russian Federation and Ukraine, he is ready to act as a mediator, we spoke about this earlier. If there is a desire for us to be mediators, if there is a need for our participation, we always ready,» Brodsky said on the air of the All-Ukrainian telethon.
Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said that before the West interrupted the talks between Russia and Ukraine, at least 17 drafts of an agreement between the parties had been prepared. He stated that the negotiations were interrupted by Western countries.
Moscow has repeatedly indicated that it is ready for negotiations, but Kyiv has imposed a ban on them at the legislative level. Vladimir Zelensky earlier said at the G20 that «there will be no Minsk-3.» The press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov said that such words «absolutely confirm» Kiev's position on the unwillingness to negotiate. The West constantly calls on the Russian Federation to negotiate,
Moscow is ready to consider Kiev's proposals for a settlement, taking into account the proposals of the Russian side and the situation «on the ground», but the Ukrainian regime is not interested in this , Vasily Nebenzya, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN, said earlier in an interview.