Russia sets conditions for peace talks with Ukraine

Cameroon-Info - 31/03
Russia sets conditions for peace talks with Ukraine
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Moscow requires Ukraine’s ‘neutrality,’ refusal to join NATO and EU as part of its prerequisites to commence talks, says official

ISTANBUL (AA) - Russia said Wednesday that Ukraine must be “neutral” and refuse to join NATO and the European Union in order to begin peace talks on the war.

“We need a neutral and non-bloc status of Ukraine, its refusal to join NATO and the EU and confirmation of Ukraine's nuclear-free status as well as recognition by Kyiv and the international community of new territorial realities,” Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin said in an interview with Russian news network RTVI.

Galuzin said that Moscow believes a “comprehensive, just and sustainable peace in Ukraine and Europe” is possible once clashes between Russian and Ukrainian troops end, in addition to the supply of weapons by Western countries.

He said Ukraine has refused to consider a diplomatic set...
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