MOSCOW: Severe work on Russia’s proposal for a doable peace deal for the Ukraine conflict is ongoing and a draft has not but been submitted, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated on Monday (Might 26).
In a cellphone name with US President Donald Trump final week, Russian President Vladimir Putin stated Russia and Ukraine would work on a memorandum referring to a peace accord, prompting new accusations from Kyiv and European governments that Moscow was stalling and had no critical curiosity in peace.
Russia has rejected such accusations and insists that it has no real interest in delaying the peace course of.
“The Russian draft of the memorandum has not but been submitted,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov informed reporters. “Work is constant. This can be a critical draft, a draft of a critical doc that calls for cautious checks and preparation.”
Russian International Minister Sergei Lavrov stated on Friday that Moscow can be prepared at hand Kyiv a draft doc outlining circumstances for a long-term peace accord as soon as a prisoner trade agreed at talks in Istanbul was accomplished.
That swap, which noticed each Russia and Ukraine hand over 1,000 individuals, was accomplished on Sunday, Russia’s defence ministry stated.
Peskov stated work in direction of a peace deal would proceed primarily based upon agreements reached in Istanbul, with the prisoner trade as the primary stage.
