“We are now starting to settle the details with our American colleagues“said the Russian diplomatic advisor, indicating that this meeting could be held”next week“And that a place had been agreed”in principle“Between the two parties, without however specifying which one.
Wednesday, in a sudden diplomatic acceleration of efforts aimed at putting an end to the conflict in Ukraine which has been going on since February 2022, the American president had mentioned a meeting “very soon“With Vladimir Putin, while the deadline he had set for the Russian president to accept a cease-fire arrived on Friday.
US diplomacy Marco Rubio said there was “still a lot of work“Before a possible new meeting. In an interview with the Fox Business channel, he said that Steve Witkoff had returned from Moscow with a cease-fire proposal.”We understand better under what conditions Russia would be ready to stop war“Said the Secretary of State. We must compare this to the fact that Ukrainians and our European allies, but of course in priority the Ukrainians, are ready to accept“.
But despite American diplomatic efforts, there is no indication that Russia has abandoned its conditions to put an end to its assault. She claims that Ukraine gives her four partially occupied regions – Donetsk, Lougansk, Zaporijjia and Kherson -, in addition to the Crimea annexed in 2014, and that she renounces Western arms deliveries and any membership in NATO.