According to Peskov, it can be concluded that the Russian Federation is not going to start discussions on the Crimea issue.
Dmitry Peskov, a spokesman for the Russian president, said that today the head of the Russian delegation to the talks, Vladimir Medinsky, should report to President Vladimir Putin on the situation in the talks . This was reported by “Medusa”.
He called it a positive factor that the Ukrainian side named its main position in these talks.
“For the rest, so to speak, we can't say anything very promising, any breakthroughs. There is still a very, very long way to go,” Peskov said.
He did not comment on the requirement that security guarantees can be signed only when Russia withdraws its troops from Ukraine to the positions where they were concentrated as of February 24, 2022.
Peskov also reacted to the proposal of Ukrainian negotiators on Crimea, reiterating the Kremlin's narrative that the peninsula is allegedly Russian territory.
“According to our Constitution, we cannot discuss with anyone the fate of the territories of the Russian Federation, the fate of Russian regions. This is excluded. It is written in our Constitution. And we will not discuss or tell any nuances with you, as I said,” – Putin's spokesman added.
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It will be recalled that the head of the legal group at the talks between Ukraine and Russia, Alexander Chaly, said that security guarantees should be analogous to Article 5 of NATO. This means that an attack on our state will be considered an attack on all signatories. Chaly noted that if they agree, our side agrees to permanent neutrality, non-alignment and non-nuclear. But nothing should contradict Ukraine's right to join the EU.
The head of the Ukrainian delegations David Arahamiya told who Ukraine wants to see as signatories of security guarantees – members of the UN Security Council. He also said that the document will not apply to the temporarily occupied territories of Donbass and Crimea, as issues have not yet been resolved.
Adviser to the head of the OP Mikhail Podolyak said that the issue of Donbass will be discussed by the Presidents of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky and Russia Vladimir Putin. The issue of Crimea will also be raised as a separate item . Our side proposed to fix the positions of Ukraine and Russia in relation to the peninsula for 15 years.
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