President's Office reminded conditions of negotioations with russia

Onischenko Elena

Mykhailo Podolyak, the adviser to the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, reminded that Ukraine has never completely rejected negotiations with russia, but has a clear condition — the withdrawal of russian forces from the territory of Ukraine

Podolyak posted a comment about this on his Twitter.

The adviser noted: "Important: Ukraine has never refused to negotiate. Our negotiating position is known and open. First, RF withdraws troops from Ukraine. Second, after everything else. Is putin ready? Obviously not. Therefore, we are constructive in our assessment: we will talk with the next leader of RF.".

Important: Ukraine has never refused to negotiate. Our negotiating position is known and open.

1. First, RF withdraws troops from 🇺🇦
2.After everything else

Is Putin ready? Obviously not. Therefore, we are constructive in our assessment: we will talk with the next leader of RF.

— Михайло Подоляк (@Podolyak_M) November 7, 2022

Reference

On September 30, President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Ukraine is ready for negotiations with russia, not with vladimir putin, but with another president of the russian federation. On that day, the National Security Council stated the impossibility of holding negotiations with putin, and Zelensky approved this by decree. In russia, they responded that they were ready to wait for the next president of Ukraine.

On November 4, during a visit to Kyiv, US national security adviser Jake Sullivan said that the US considers the conditions on which the kremlin is now, in principle, ready to conduct a dialogue unacceptable because all talks must begin with the complete de-occupation of Ukraine.

At the same time, The Washington Post, citing its sources, reported that the White House is allegedly calling on Kyiv to demonstrate readiness for negotiations with russia in private. As noted, Washington shares Kyiv's assessment that putin is not serious about the negotiations and is not talking about pushing Ukraine to them but would like to "ensure the support of countries whose citizens may be worried about the prospect of war for many years."