Zelensky: ‘Macron does not need to make diplomatic concessions to Russia now’

“Emanuel Macron is trying in vain to enter into a dialogue with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin,” said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Russia.

“We must not look for a way out of Russia and Macron is doing it in vain,” Zelensky told Italian television network RAI1 on Thursday night, according to images broadcast today on his Telegram channel.

“I know he wanted to have an effect on the mediation between Russia and Ukraine, but he did not have it,” he said.

“Until Russia itself wants and understands that it needs (the end of the war) it will not look for any way out,” he added.

Macron said Monday that in order to end the Russian-led war in Ukraine, peace must be built without “humiliating” Russia.

For Zelensky, however, “Macron does not need to make diplomatic concessions (to Russia) now.”

The Ukrainian president said the move was “not very right” to allow Putin, in his view, to “save his reputation” as the Russians continue to try to take control of the south and eastern part of Ukraine.

Zelensky also estimated that “the time to sit around the table with Russia is over.” “It is no longer possible,” he said.

“The president of the Republic has never discussed anything with Vladimir Putin without the consent of President Zelensky. He has always said that the Ukrainians are the ones who decide the terms of their negotiations with the Russians,” Elize said today.

After several rounds of talks between Kiev and Moscow in March, talks have since stalled, as the two sides’ positions were far apart.

“Today, the dialogue (with Moscow) must be pragmatic,” he added.

Zelensky, however, reiterated his desire to meet with Vladimir Putin, “but only with him, without any mediator.” “And with a dialogue approach, not addressing ultimatums,” he said.

SOURCE: AMPE