We recognize only the Ukrainian borders recognized in the world. No compromises: Arakhamia comments on the talks in Istanbul
We recognize only those borders of Ukraine that are recognized in the world. No compromises, Arakhamia said after talks between Ukrainian and Russian delegations.
This was announced by the Head of the Ukrainian delegation Davyd Arakhamia at a briefing after talks with Russia.
"The issue of security in Europe has fractured. It is not working.
We came up with an official offer. I immediately say, we have not signed anything, we are just bringing our position as negotiators to Russia," Arakhamia said.
Davyd Arakhamia's main points:
"We insist this to be an international agreement, which will be signed by all security guarantors who will ratify… Not to repeat the mistake that once happened in the Budapest Memorandum; it turned out to be just a piece of paper," he said.
He stressed that the guarantors should be the UN Security Council countries.
"Who do we see among the guarantors? First, the UN Security Council countries: Britain, China, Russia (also included), the United States, France, Turkey, Germany, Canada, Italy, Poland, Israel," said Arakhamia.
"We offer free accession to the guarantee agreement. That is, we have the minimum amount of guarantees we want to receive, but if other countries also want to join, we will give them such a legal right," said the negotiator of the Ukrainian delegation.
Also, Arakhamia stressed that "we have unresolved issues with ORDLO, Crimea, and Sevastopol, so international security guarantees will temporarily not work in this area."
According to him, some countries have already given preliminary approval, but we have to wait for official announcements.
"It is very important: we have written directly in this agreement that all guarantor countries must help Ukraine to join the European Union as soon as possible," Arakhamia concluded.
