The president of Ukraine, Volodimir Zelenski, has proposed this Wednesday a high fire until a meeting can be organized with the president of RussiaVladimir Putin. “My proposal, which I think our partners can support, is that we propose to the Russians a high fire until the leaders meet,” Zelenski said at an informative meeting in kyiv, as reported by the Reuters agency.
“We are ready for an immediate meetingat the choice of Russians. Istanbul, the Vatican, Switzerland, all are available. We propose a meeting as of Monday, any day, “Zelenski has urged, who believes that he would have the support of the US and Turkish presidents, Donald Trump and Recep Tayyip Erdogan, respectively.” If we see that we can continue the dialogue and we are willing to take the appropriate measures to disparable the situation, then we will continue with the high fire under American supervision, “he said.
They made few progress to end the war destined by Putin against Ukraine more than three years ago. From this meeting only an exchange of proposals was clear without much tour so far and an agreement to redeem prisoners of war. In fact, Zelenski also announced on Wednesday that kyiv and Moscow plan to exchange 500 war prisoners next weekend.
“Today, our teams have maintained consultations about the exchange that was agreed. The Russian part informed us that the weekend will be able to transfer, on Saturday or Sunday, 500 people, to 500 of our military of the thousand and peak we agreed (Exchange), so we will be ready to exchange the corresponding figure, “said Zelenski in a press conference, cited by the Ukrinform Ukrainian agency.
The Ukrainian President has affirmed that journalists and other Ukrainian civilians captive by Russian authorities could be included in the exchanges agreed on Monday in Istanbul. In addition to the prison exchanges, both parties agreed in the Turkish city to exchange the mortal remains of 6,000 fallen soldiers of each side whose bodies are in possession of the enemy.
Russia and Ukraine already agreed to exchange 1,000 prisoners of each side in the first direct meeting between representatives of both parties in three years, which also took place in Istanbul on May 16. That exchange, the most numerous of the entire war, was made days later in three phases.
However, Zelenski has also remarked that so far the position of Russia in the negotiation has been away from any diplomatic position and has re -attacked the so -called Memorandum of Understanding full of demands – neutrality of Ukraine, its withdrawal of the occupied territories, among others – and no concession.
“A memo should have two parts, not only one that demands something. It cannot be called memorandum. It is an ultimatum,” said the Ukrainian president, who at another time of the act has warned that Russia “can quickly occupy” other countries. “Putin does not want peace, but ultimatums and the total occupation of Ukraine, as well as the territories of Belarus, Moldova, Lithuania and Latvia. Kazakhstan, it seems to me, it could be the following,” he predicted.
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