The Kremlin wants to conclude an agreement with Ukraine to end the hostilities similar to the Minsk agreements. However, Ukraine will not agree to this. This was stated by Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiga at a meeting of the OSCE Foreign Affairs Council. He also called Russia's participation in the OSCE a threat to Europe, UNN reports.
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The Foreign Minister pointed out that "when Russians say they want peace, they are lying. They talk about negotiations only to divert attention from what they are actually doing.
Russia wants a second Yalta or at least a third Minsk. It wants a world of zones of influence where the use of force dictates new rules and new borders. There will be no Yalta-2 or Minsk-3
He also pointed out that Russia's participation in the OSCE is a threat to cooperation in Europe. The Kremlin, as Sibiga emphasized, is deepening cooperation with Iran and North Korea, interfering in Georgia, Moldova, the Western Balkans and other states and waging a hybrid war against Europe.
That is why Ukraine expects the new OSCE leadership to further isolate Russia, the Foreign Minister said.
He also reminded that three OSCE colleagues, Maxim Petrov, Vadim Goldy and Dmitry Shabanov, have been illegally detained in Russia for almost three years.
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Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sibiga left the OSCE plenary hall before the Russian minister began his speech.
TheWall Street Journal reported that Ukrainian officials are holding high-level talks with the incoming Donald Trump administration in an effort to narrow broad differences over reaching a settlement to Kyiv's war with Russia before the newly elected US president takes office.