Zelenskyy: Not sure negotiating teams can resolve territorial issues
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said he is not sure that territorial questions can be resolved by negotiating teams alone, stressing that any peace agreement must ultimately be approved by the Ukrainian people.
Source: Zelenskyy in an interview with Piers Morgan, as reported by Interfax-Ukraine
Quote: "I'm not sure that our teams can really decide the question of the land. Of course, it's up to our people in any way. In the end, it's up to our people to accept the peace deal or not, not up to anybody in the world. And it doesn't depend on the strong country or strong leader or not. No, it's up to the Ukrainian people."
Details: Zelenskyy added that territorial issues could be discussed at the level of the three leaders. However, he stressed that Ukraine does not trust Vladimir Putin or other Russians.
Background:
- On the morning of 18 February, Rustem Umierov, the head of the Ukrainian delegation, Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council, reported that the second day of the trilateral talks on the settlement of Russia's war against Ukraine had begun in Geneva.
- Later, Vladimir Medinsky, the head of the Russian delegation, announced that the latest round of talks had concluded. He said that the negotiations in Geneva lasted about two hours and were "tough but business-like".
- Zelenskyy reported that it was agreed at the talks that the US will be involved in the monitoring of a ceasefire.
- He added that political issues concerning possible compromises and the need for a meeting of leaders had not been sufficiently addressed in the negotiations on ending the war.
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