Istanbul, March 29.- Vladimir Medinsky, head of Russia’s delegation to the peace talks, confirmed Tuesday that the country had taken “two steps to de-escalate the conflict in Ukraine”, one in the military sphere and the other in the political sphere. .
At the conclusion of the fourth round of talks between Russia and Ukraine, which took place this Tuesday at the Dolmabahce Palace on the banks of the Bosphorus in Turkey and lasted three hours, the Russian delegation pointed out at a press conference that this was the case at the military level “It has decided to drastically reduce military activities in the direction of Kyiv and Chernihiv,” Sputnik Mundo reported.
As for the political panorama, there is a possibility of a meeting between the Russian and Ukrainian presidents at the time of signing the future peace treaty.
David Arajamia, a member of the Ukrainian mission, stressed that the nation considers the UN Security Council countries as well as Germany, Canada, Poland, Israel and Turkey as guarantors of its security and some of them have already given their preliminary approval.
He added that Kyiv is proposing a new system of security guarantees for Ukraine, and in the future contract it will be stipulated that if something happens, consultations must be held within three days, after which the guarantee countries must provide assistance to Ukraine.
Ukraine’s proposals on security guarantees do not apply to Crimea, Sevastopol and Donbass and assume that Kyiv “renounces the intention” to “regain” these areas “by military means” and accepts that “this can only be done through negotiations” , Medinski said.
“Of course, this in no way corresponds to our position, but Ukraine has formulated its approach,” Medinski added. The Russian negotiator also announced during a TV program that Ukraine would “refrain from joining military alliances, stationing foreign military bases and contingents, and military exercises” in his country
Territory “without the consent of the security guarantee states, including Russia”.
“For its part, Russia is not opposed to Ukraine’s intention to join the European Union,” Medinski said, calling Kiev’s proposals a constructive step towards compromise.
He also noted that the proposals presuppose the proclamation of Ukraine as a state that will always maintain its neutrality under international legal guarantees.
Negotiating teams from Moscow and Kyiv held several rounds of personal consultations on the territory of Belarus in late February and early March, after which they continued negotiations via video conference.
The face-to-face meeting on March 29 comes as a result of an agreement reached by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a March 27 phone conversation with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.