Ukraine – Zelensky expects negotiations to resume soon

KYIV, October 5 /ATSH-DPA/ – Despite the intensification of Russian attacks on Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky hopes that negotiations to end the war will resume soon.

In his evening address, President Zelensky said he expects the United States of America to manage to organise during October a trilateral meeting between Ukraine, Russia and the USA.

According to him, the Ukrainian negotiating team is ready, while now Russia too must show the same readiness.

Zelensky stressed that diplomacy must also become a priority for Moscow.

He accused Russia of having so far focused mainly on attacks on Ukraine and on destabilising relations in Europe.

According to the Ukrainian president, an important task for the USA and all of Ukraine’s powerful partners is to convince Russia to return to diplomacy and to take concrete steps towards resolving the conflict, instead of continuing the fighting.

Since the start of the invasion of Ukraine, Russia has signalled several times that it is ready to negotiate, but with certain conditions, and has then changed its position.

For this reason, Kyiv, the Western allies and various observers have serious doubts about Moscow’s real readiness for negotiations.

Russian President Vladimir Putin stated earlier this month that Moscow is ready to enter into negotiations and to conclude them as soon as possible, but only on conditions that, according to him, are acceptable also for the Russian Federation and the Russian people. /Ad.Ab./ a.jor.