Think of the hundreds of thousands of lives to be saved erstwhile this endless “bloodbath” hopefully comes to an end”. He added that the USA “they want to focus alternatively on reconstruction and trade.
THE large week is coming!”Putin previously proposed to resume direct negotiations with Ukraine on 15 May in Istanbul, where talks were last held in 2022.
Moscow said that although the parties then made advancement towards peace and reached a preliminary draft agreement, the process was derailed by then British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who advised Kiev to "continued the fight".
Johnson denied these claims."We propose resuming talks without any preliminaries" – Putin said, stressing that Russia has never refused dialogue.
He added that Turkey's president Recep Tayyip Erdogan expressed his willingness to facilitate the meeting.Responding to the Russian leader's fresh proposal, French president Emmanuel Macro called it "First step but insufficient" to guarantee the way to peace.Putin's statements came after the leaders of Ukraine, France, Germany, Poland, large Britain and the EU put forward a 30-day proposal ‘full and unconditional’ ceasefires, which they believe ‘creates a space for diplomacy’, adding that the US supports this initiative.
Several European leaders besides threatened to impose fresh sanctions on Russia if it rejected the ceasefire.Kremlin spokesperson Dmitri Pieskov said Russia must "think’ the proposal to suspend the weapon.
He added that while Putin supports the thought of ceasefire ‘generally’, ‘there are many issues’ to be resolved.Moscow had previously expressed concerns that Ukraine could usage a break in the fighting to regroup its battered and exhausted troops while continuing its forced mobilisation.
Russia besides insisted that supplies of weapons from the West should be halted during the ceasefire.With respect to the threat of fresh sanctions by EU countries, Doskov said Russia is "resistant to all kinds of pressures".
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source:https://www.rt.com/news/617366-trump-reacts-putin-ukraine-talks-proposal/
