Ukraine's neutral status and its non-membership in the NATO are the issues on which Moscow and Kiev's views are most closely aligned[/B], Russian negotiator Medinsky said, referring to the talks between the two sides continuing via teleconferencing on the 23rd day of the invasion of Ukraine.
LITTLE BY LITTLE ALL DEVELOPMENTS
As reported by Russian news agency TASS, he stressed that there are minor differences on these points related to security guarantees for Ukraine.
"These are differences related to what security guarantees Ukraine receives in addition to the existing ones, in case of refusal to join the NATO bloc," he explained.
According to Medinsky, Moscow and Kiev are "somewhere halfway" in negotiations on the issue of Ukraine's demilitarization.
Halfway on demilitarization
The progress of the two sides' talks on issues such as denazification and demilitarization of Ukraine, according to Medinsky, can be assessed "in different ways."
[/P][BR][BR]"As for demilitarization, I would say it's 50-50. The fact is that I am not authorized to disclose details of the negotiations and I will not do so, neither specific details nor the arguments of the negotiating parties, but on this part we are somewhere halfway," he noted.
Medinsky also referred to the issue of Donbass governance, which is key in the negotiations between the Russian and Ukrainian delegations.
"The Ukrainian side believes that the issue of the governance of the territories should be decided centrally in Kiev. We believe that the issue of governance should be decided by the Donbass people," he said."
According to Medinsky, the Donbass residents spoke about this issue eight years ago and since then "have been forced to wage war, defending their own decision.
Source: in.gr
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