On Friday, Russia recognized dialogue with Ukraine on the basis of the Istanbul Agreements that were discussed with Kiev in March 2022, on the condition that it takes into account the “new reality” on the ground.
“It can be based, among other things, on this document [de Istambul]Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said: “But since then there have been many changes. We have new regions registered in the constitution, which did not exist two years ago.”
The Kremlin spokesman was referring to the areas that Russia has annexed since its invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022.
Seven months after the invasion, in September, Moscow added Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhya to Crimea, which it had already annexed in 2014.
“Therefore, there is a series of new truths that cannot be abstracted from, but at the same time… [o acordo de Istambul] “It could be the basis for starting negotiations,” Peskov was quoted as saying by the Spanish news agency.
On Thursday, Peskov expressed his regret that Ukraine decided to ban any negotiations with Russia by decree, and said that Russian President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly expressed his desire for dialogue.
“But we don’t see any chance of that yet,” Peskov said.
According to independent Russian media, Turkey proposed to Moscow and Kiev a draft agreement that includes freezing hostilities and holding referendums in 2040 in the Ukrainian territories annexed by Moscow.
Ukraine and most of the international community do not recognize the annexation of the five regions to the Russian Federation.
Kiev demanded the withdrawal of Russian forces from all Ukrainian territories, including the Crimean Peninsula, as a precondition for final peace negotiations with Moscow.
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