Putin: Ukraine rejected Istanbul deal under Western pressure

  05 September 2024    Read: 854
Putin: Ukraine rejected Istanbul deal under Western pressure

Moscow and Kiev managed to agree on settling the conflict back in March 2022 in Istanbul, but the accords did not come into effect only because of orders given by the West, which aims to strategically defeat Russia, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at the plenary session of the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF), Azvision.az reports citing TASS. 

"We managed to reach an agreement, that’s the entire thing, and the signature of the head of the Ukrainian delegation who initialed this document testifies to this fact, which means that the Ukrainian side on the whole was satisfied with the achieved agreements. They did not come into effect only because they were ordered not to do that. The elites of the US, Europe, and several European countries desired to achieve Russia’s strategic defeat," he said.

The head of state noted that Russia has never rejected and does not reject holding negotiations but only on the basis of talks reached and documented back then in Istanbul.

A meeting between the Russian and Ukrainian delegations in Istanbul was held on March 29, 2022, with talks lasting for about three hours. The future agreement included Ukraine’s obligations on a neutral non-aligned status and the rejection of stationing foreign arms, including nuclear ones, on its territory.

 

AzVision.az


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