Answer to Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski, citing the Constitution to Do not grant Ukrainian soilsRussia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov gave Tuesday.
If Zelenski “cares” about the Ukrainian Constitution, then it is necessary to start with the first articles, which guarantee the rights of the Russian -speaking populationLavrov noted in the wake of the White House meeting.
The US president has publicly criticized Zelenski for citing the Constitution so as not to grant territories.
The Russian Federation never had a target To acquire Crimea, Donbas or “Novohasia”, the main task was to protect the Russian people, and Lavrov claimed in an interview on the Russia-24 television channel.
The Russian Federation does not reject any format (discussions) for Ukraine: neither bilateral nor trilaterals, the Russian Foreign Minister said. He said that any meeting on Ukraine involving national leaders should be prepared in detail.
“The (Russian) president has repeated this many times”, said Lavrov. “The key point is that these formats are not pursued for the sake of covering media or evening broadcasts.”
What does the Ukrainian Constitution foreseen
According to the Ukraine Constitution, any change in the territory can only be approved through a referendum. “Ukraine’s territorial integrity issues are resolved exclusively by referendum,” Article 73 is stated. The question may be raised either at the initiative of political leadership or by the citizens themselves, provided that three million signatures of registered voters from two -thirds of the country’s regions are collected.
The position of the Ukrainian government
Ukraine, like its European allies, categorically rejects the idea of legal recognition of any part of its territory as Russian. However, he has implicitly admitted that he will probably need to accept some de facto ground losses.
President Zelenski has made it clear that talks on ending war should start from today’s front line and cannot be prerequisite for the withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from dominant territories that Russia does not control. The risk in Ukrainian defense is important.
He also stressed that he was not instructed to grant Ukrainian territory, stressing that parts of state land cannot be exchanged “as if it were his private property”.
In addition, he warned that if Ukraine withdraws troops from Donetsk’s strongly fortified Eastern district, the road to new Russian advancements will open deeper into weaker defensive Ukrainian territories.
Source :Skai
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