Borrell: Ukraine should decide when and on what conditions to sit down at the negotiating table
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Borrell said that only Ukraine should decide when to start negotiations with Russia. The United States and Germany supported this position, emphasizing the impossibility of negotiations without Ukraine's participation.
The European Union believes that Ukraine should decide when to sit down at the negotiating table with Russia and on what terms. This was stated by High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell during a joint press conference with Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiga, UNN reports.
"There are different ways to achieve peace, but a just and lasting, sustainable peace is important. Our position here is clear: Ukraine must decide when to sit down at the negotiating table and on what terms. We, the European Union, are on your side," Borrell said.
He emphasized that the Russian dictator Putin does not want to negotiate and will not negotiate unless he is forced to do so.
"We see it in his barbaric actions, it's a fact of life, proven by his behavior," Borrell emphasized.
Addendum
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz saidthat there can be no negotiations on the war in Ukraine without Ukraine's participation.
US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller saidthat the US would only support Ukraine's negotiations with Russia if President Volodymyr Zelenskyy decides that he wants to engage in negotiations. America or any other country should not push him to do so.
The Telegraph reportsthat Donald Trump may call on European and British troops to provide an 800-mile (1,200-kilometer) buffer zone between the Russian and Ukrainian armies as part of a plan to freeze the war between the two countries.
