Russian President Vladimir Putin has reiterated Moscow’s readiness for negotiations and compromises on Ukraine however accused Kyiv of “rejecting any dialogue.”
Speaking throughout his annual end-of-year convention on Thursday, Dec. 19, Putin acknowledged, “Politics is the artwork of compromise. We have at all times mentioned that we’re prepared for negotiations and compromise.”
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The conventional annual query and reply classes, usually lasting hours, are largely a televised present whereas additionally being a uncommon event during which he’s, theoretically, placed on the spot and solutions some uncomfortable questions.
Answering a query about the way forward for conflict and its potential decision, Putin slammed Kyiv for refusing to have interaction.
“The opposing facet refused these negotiations. Compromises are at all times the results of dialogue,” whereas referencing the failure of the earlier 2022 talks in Istanbul.
In October, Putin reiterated Russia’s openness to “affordable compromise” however on the identical time rejected the concept of concessions or exchanges.
He insisted the result of the conflict should “favor Russia and replicate battlefield realities.” The Kremlin has since declared there aren’t any present stipulations for negotiations with Kyiv.
Earlier this yr, Putin outlined situations for peace talks, demanding that Ukraine ought to withdraw from the Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia areas, Kyiv ought to surrender its aspiration to hitch NATO, and the lifting of Western sanctions on Russia.
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Ukraine has dominated out compromiseover the territories underneath Russian management and dismissed peace talks as unattainable presently, citing basically irreconcilable positions taken by the 2 sides.
Istanbul talks
After the start of the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Russian and Ukrainian delegations held a number of rounds of talks, in Belarus and in Istanbul. The head of the Russian negotiators, presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky, acknowledged on the time that “progress had been made,”with Kyiv providing Ukraine’s impartial standing in trade for safety ensures.
However, negotiations had been suspended quickly after Russian forces withdrew from Kyiv in the beginning of April 2022, exposing atrocities together with the Bucha massacres. On April 12, Putin declared the talks had “become a lifeless finish.”
David Arahamiya, chief of Ukraine’s “Servant of the People” social gathering and head of its delegation throughout early negotiations with Russia, later confirmed that Moscow proposed ending the conflict in spring 2022 if Ukraine deserted NATO aspirations and adopted a proper impartial stance.
Ukraine rejected the proposal, citing constitutional constraints, as NATO membership is a acknowledged nationwide objective. Arahamiya additionally emphasised distrust of Russia, stating, “There is not any, and there was no, belief within the Russians,” and stressing the necessity for enforceable safety ensures.
Without such ensures, signing the settlement would have left Ukraine weak to future assaults.
