“Russia is ready to resume trilateral talks on settling the Ukrainian conflict after November 4.”
Globalinfo.az reports that this was stated by Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov.
The Kremlin representative recalled that Russia had been ready to resume the talks after the State Duma elections held on September 18-20.
However, according to him, the Ukrainian side violated the implementation of this agreement:
“Earlier, Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, was considered as a possible platform for trilateral consultations. Now the next deadline is November 4, our major holiday (National Unity Day — ed.). After that we will be ready to resume the talks.”
Ushakov noted that after the pause the first stage of trilateral talks on settling the Ukrainian conflict would be of a preliminary introductory nature:
“Therefore, there should be no great expectations from that meeting.”
Note that Russian President Vladimir Putin had earlier announced readiness to resume talks on settling the Ukrainian conflict in a trilateral format. He said the goal of these talks was to discuss security guarantees for Russia and Ukraine after final peace agreements were reached.
Putin stressed that the security architecture of Europe as a whole should also be considered when this issue is discussed.
Aliyar Khalil
Globalinfo.az
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