Kuleba denies Putin: ‘Zero progress’ in talks

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba has denied Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has previously spoken of some progress in the talks, said he sees no progress in the talks and that the country could compromise on neutrality if it .

The Ukrainian Foreign Minister said that the high-level talks on Thursday with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov did not yield any progress.

“There has been zero progress in the talks, so it is difficult for me to understand what kind of progress President Putin is referring to,” Kuleba told Bloomberg.

The ongoing talks also do not affect Russia’s conduct on the ground, he added, adding that a meeting between Putin and the Ukrainian president would be helpful.

It is recalled that earlier Putin spoke about some progress in the talks, without giving further details, as reported by Reuters.

At the same time, Putin argued that Western sanctions would not hurt Russian development and that his country would end up stronger than that.

In particular, during his meeting with the President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, in the Kremlin, Putin said that “there are some positive changes, as our negotiators tell me,” adding that the talks continue “practically on a daily basis.” base”.

The Russian president did not elaborate on the issue in his statements to the cameras, but indicated that he would discuss more details with his Belarusian counterpart.

Source: Capital

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