Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Monday that he had proposed to Russian President Vladimir Putin that they meet on the sidelines of the G7 summit in France, but Moscow rejected the proposal. TASR informs about it based on the report of the DPA agency.
“Before the start of the G7 summit, we made it clear that we are ready to meet Putin during the G7 summit, as (US President Donald) Trump and (French President Emmanuel) Macron will also be there,” Zelenskyy told reporters in Kyiv, where he was surveying the damage after a large-scale Russian airstrike on the main cathedral of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra monastery complex.
“Europeans plus America, that’s a very good opportunity to meet together, and that’s why we could invite Russia,” Zelensky was quoted by the Interfax agency. According to Zelensky’s statement, the United States and the Group of Seven largest democracies agreed, but Russia “showed again that it is not ready to negotiate”. DPA emphasizes that the G7 countries did not immediately confirm such an initiative. Putin said earlier that he would only meet with Zelensky in Moscow, or only as part of the final settlement of the conflict. reminds the German agency.
