The Kremlin said on Monday (24) that it will wait to see how talks between the United States and Ukraine on a possible peace plan unfold, and will not comment on media reports on such a serious and complex issue.
The United States and Ukraine said in a statement after an earlier 28-point plan endorsed by the Trump administration was criticized by Kiev’s allies as being too favorable to Moscow.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that US proposals for peace in Ukraine could be the basis for a resolution of the conflict, but that if Kiev refused the plan, Russian forces would advance further.
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Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday that Russia had not received any official information on the outcome of the Geneva talks.
‘We are, of course, closely monitoring the media reports that have been coming out of Geneva in recent days, but we have not yet received anything official,’ Peskov told reporters.
‘We read a statement that, following the discussions in Geneva, some changes were made to the text that we had previously seen. Let’s wait. It seems the dialogue continues.’
When asked about a reported change to a clause relating to NATO and Ukraine that appeared to leave the door open for Kiev to join the US-led military alliance one day, Peskov said the Kremlin would not discuss details of any preliminary agreement based on media reports.
‘This is too important and complex an issue to be guided solely by media reports on the subject. Here, it is necessary to trust information obtained through official channels,’ Peskov said.
He said there were no plans yet for a meeting this week between Russian and American negotiators.
