The Ukrainian minister did not find arguments for all the words of the Turkish president.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that Ukraine and Russia are close to reaching a consensus on four of the six terms of the peace talks , Milliyet reports.
According to him, one of the points is directly related to the NATO issue.
“At first, Ukraine focused on this issue, but later Zelensky began to say that he could withdraw from NATO membership. Another issue is the issue of approving Russian as an official language. Zelensky also acknowledged this. Russian is spoken almost everywhere in Ukraine. There is no problem with this issue either. The second issue is disarmament. Of course, Ukraine is a state, so we are not talking about disarmament from A to Z. But this issue is also unclear. In other words, the Ukrainian side said that certain concessions, “Erdogan said in response to questions from the press following his return from an emergency summit of NATO heads of state and government.
The fourth issue on which Ukraine agrees is “what they call collective security.”
“But of course, Ukraine is not so comfortable with Crimea and Donbass,” Erdogan added.
At the same time, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmitry Kuleba in a comment to “Ukrainian Truth” objected that the countries have reached an agreement on the issues mentioned by Erdogan.
“At the same time, it is important to assess the situation objectively. There is no consensus with Russia on the four points mentioned by the President of Turkey. In particular, the only state language in Ukraine is and will be Ukrainian. And in general, the classification of key topics of negotiations into four or other points is incorrect. Many different issues are being discussed at the same time in the subgroups of delegations, ”he said.
Kuleba stressed that the negotiation process is very difficult, and the Ukrainian delegation has taken a strong position and does not give up its demands.
“We insist, first of all, on a ceasefire, guarantees of security and territorial integrity of Ukraine,” he said.
We will remind, about data ZN.UA , received from reliable diplomatic sources (their authenticity was also confirmed by the British Air Force ), Russia has made six demands to Ukraine. The first five of them, as seen by Russian dictator Vladimir Putin , should be enshrined in the Constitution of Ukraine.
- Refusal to move in NATO. Neutral status of Ukraine. Russia, which has attacked our country, is ready to become one of its guarantors.
- Russian is the second state language. Repeal of all laws that infringe on it.
- Ukraine's recognition of Crimea as Russian.
- Recognition by Ukraine of the independence of the DNR and LNR within the administrative boundaries of the oblasts (including the territories currently controlled by Ukraine).
- Denazification. Prohibition of ultra-nationalist, Nazi and neo-Nazi parties and public organizations, repeal of existing laws on the glorification of Nazis and neo-Nazis.
- “Demilitarization of Ukraine”. Complete rejection of offensive weapons, under which, if desired, you can bring any type of weapon.
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