Kuleba names conditions for Zelensky's meeting with Putin
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba said this in an interview with Radio NV, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.
"The meeting will take place when we, Kyiv, make sure that at this meeting we will be able to discuss in detail the key issues for us," he said.
Kuleba named the war in eastern Ukraine and the occupation of Crimea as key issues.
"And the main topic of conversation is, of course, the end of the war and peace in Ukraine ... We will meet with Putin to talk only about Donbas and Crimea," the minister emphasized during the interview.
According to him, preparations for this meeting are progressing very hard due to the refusal of the Russian president to discuss the war. However, Kyiv intends to continue negotiations with Russia on a meeting of the two leaders.
As Ukrinform reported, on April 20, Zelensky addressed Putin, inviting him to meet "in any part of the Ukrainian Donbas where war is ongoing."
On April 22, Putin said he was ready to meet with Zelensky in Moscow, but he added that the issue of ending the war in eastern Ukraine would be discussed only after the Ukrainian authorities hold talks with "DPR and LPR leaders."
On April 26, Zelensky said he had instructed the head of his office, Andriy Yermak, to hold talks with representatives of the Russian presidential administration about a possible meeting with Putin.
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