The Kremlin has announced today that a summit between the Russian president and his Ukrainian counterpart could only be taken as a final step to seal a peace agreement.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov stressed that it was unlikely by the end of August, as he suggested.
“A summit can and should put the dot into a settlement and consolidate the details and agreements that have been prepared. It is impossible to do it reverse »Peskov told reporters.
“Are we likely to carry out such a complex process in 30 days? Well, obviously, it’s unlikely. “the Kremlin spokesman stressed.
Remains the gap
A Ukrainian delegation noted after the recent round of peace talks on Wednesday between the two countries that Kiev proposed a Putin-Chalenski summit in August to be within a 50-day correction given to Russia last week.
Trump threatened Russia and its export buyers with new sanctions if no agreement was reached by early September.
Peskov once again described the negotiating positions of the two sides once again as “diametrically opposed”. “They are unlikely that they will be able to converge overnight. This requires a very complicated thesis, “the Kremlin spokesman concluded.
Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski said in his statements earlier today that talks with Moscow were “began” for a meeting with Putin.
Russian negotiators “began to discuss it” with the Ukrainian side, the Ukrainian president noted, assessing that this is “progress”.
