No real progress in peace talks, says Zelenskyy

STANISLAV POHORILOV - 24 March, 21:07

Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Photo: Office of the President of Ukraine

After hearing a report from the Ukrainian negotiating team, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that there has been no real progress in the talks because Russia does not want to move towards peace.

Source: Zelenskyy in his evening address on 24 March

Quote: "Today our negotiating team, which has returned from the United States, delivered their report. Sadly, there has been no real progress so far – Russia does not want to move towards peace."

Details: Zelenskyy added that it is important for Ukraine, the US, the Europeans and other global actors to do everything possible and necessary to ensure that Russia becomes genuinely and sincerely interested in diplomacy.

Quote: "And not just so they can earn more money from oil and gain more time for further attacks and aggression. Peace must be reliable – that is our goal, and it will be achieved. And we will respond to the attacks. Without fail."

Background: Zelenskyy has instructed the Ukrainian negotiation team to continue working as actively as possible with Ukraine's partners so that diplomacy is substantive and humanitarian issues such as prisoner exchanges are resolved. He also instructed the team to brief European and Canadian partners on the meetings in Florida.

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