Russian negotiator Vladimir Medinsky said tonight that the Moscow is ready to resume peace talks with Ukraine, blaming Kyiv for interrupting them.
“For our part, we are ready to continue the dialogue,” said Medinsky, a Kremlin adviser who has been tasked with negotiating with the Ukrainein an interview with Belarus Public Television.
“The freezing of the talks was done exclusively on the initiative of Ukraine,” he added, adding that now “the ball is in their court.”
“Russia has never refused to negotiate,” he said.
Negotiations began after Russian forces entered Ukraine on February 24 but were unable to quickly occupy the capital. The two countries’ foreign ministers met in Turkey in March, after which delegations held talks in Istanbul, but without success.
Ukrainian negotiator Mikhail Pontolyak said last Tuesday that talks were “suspended” as Russia redeployed its forces and was now focusing on the “special operation”, as he called it. warin eastern Ukraine.
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