Ukraine and Russia will resume talks tomorrow, April 1 negotiate an agreement to end the armed conflict. After meeting in Istanbul, Turkey, they will do it again this time telematicas reported by the deputy David Arahamiaone of the Ukrainian negotiators, through a statement.
“We said that during the talks in Turkey necessary a meeting between the leaders of the two countries. The Russian delegation replied that a more coherent draft agreement was needed for this,” Arahamia explained on his Telegram channel.What we solve in a week depends on the participants in the negotiation process. And we hope that the presidents of both countries will meet soon,” he added.
Arahamia repeated this that a meeting at the highest level should not take place in either Russia or Belarus, which welcomed the first rounds of negotiations without much progress and was characterized by the Ukrainian side’s distrust of the host country positioned on the Russian side.
What’s on the table so far?
At last Tuesday’s sitting, which was also extended last Wednesday, the cessation of hostilities, humanitarian issues and other more sensitive issues such as the neutrality formula for Ukraine were raised or the future of the separatist regions of Donbass.
Entry, Russia is demanding Ukraine’s neutrality and its engagement in order for the nation to refuse his accession to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (Nato) or another international military alliance. They claim so too do not accommodate foreign military bases and contingentsand the Nor do they conduct military exercises involving foreign forces. They also demand that they have no nuclear weapons.
One of the members of the negotiating committee Ukrainian, Oleksander ChalyyHe reported that would be willing to accept these terms as long as Russia accepts that there is an international treaty in which at least 11 countries offer security guarantees in the event of aggression or Russian military attack. These would be the five permanent members of the NATO Council: United States, China, Russia, France and United Kingdom. To reach them and reach 11 they would add Turkey, Poland, Germany, Italy, Israel and Canadaalthough others could be added.
If Russia accepts this condition of Ukraine to agree to all its requests, all The countries mentioned would have to formalize their role a priori in a text that would have to be submitted to a referendum in Ukraine and, if approved, would become part of his Magna Carta.
Reactions behind the negotiating table
“Ukraine has declared its willingness to meet some basic requirements that Russia has been insisting on for the past few years. If these conditions are met, the threat of creating a NATO bridgehead on Ukrainian territory will be eliminated,” said the Russian negotiator, Vladimir Medinsky.
For his part Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Çavusoglu, who served alongside President Recep Tayyip ErdoganHe pointed this out to the media as a mediator Meeting could be the start or the opening of a road Negotiations between the presidents of the two conflicting countries, Vladimir Puti and Volódimir Zelenski. “We can say that the two sides have come closer. You made significant progress today. Now the foreign ministers of both countries will meet and then a meeting of the heads of state and government is planned,” Çavusoglu said.
Crimea and Donbass are non-negotiable
Despite reaching a meeting point, there is a problem that resists between both parties and that is that Recognition of Crimea and the Donbass region as Russian territory. Ukraine suggested that the territorial conflict of these territories solved within 15 years, and the During this time Both parties agree Do not use force on the ground.
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