Ready since 2022: Putin spoke about a base for peace talks with Ukraine (video)

Russian President Vladimir Putin said he was ready to return to the points of the agreement formulated in Istanbul two years ago. On the other hand, he does not see a legitimate representative of Ukraine with whom he would be ready to talk about something. Russia is ready to end the war in Ukraine and has never abandoned peace talks. The basis for negotiations in 2024 can be Istanbul developments in 2022.

President of the Russian Federation Volodymyr Putin declared the conditions of negotiations and attitude to the Ukrainian authorities on July 4 during a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), told RIA Novosti Telegram channel. Putin's statement was in Astana, where the Russian president met with the leaders of nine other countries, members of the SCO (Kazakhstan, China, India, Iran, Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Belarus).

The Kremlin head recalled that in the spring of 2022, Istanbul formulated certain points of the agreement between the Russian Federation and Ukraine. In his opinion, these points were parished by the Ukrainian authorities. Therefore, he believes that agreements of two years ago can be the basis for continuing negotiations on peace. "Apparently, these agreements were fully arranged.

The Istanbul arrangements remain on the table and can be the basis for the continuation of these negotiations," he said. The President of the Russian Federation also informed that peace was allegedly torn by "direct London decree and, beyond doubt, Washington. " During his speech, he did not call the war war, but called "Ukrainian crisis" and "conflict. " "Russia has never been refused as well as well and now ready to continue peace talks," Putin explained.

After the meeting of the SCO in Astana, Putin once again mentioned the war in Ukraine at the final press conference. First, he stressed that he did not see who to talk about peace, since the Ukrainian authorities, in his opinion, are illegitimate. Secondly, the Russian wondered who could become a mediator for talks in Ukrainian conflict. "The main issue is the authority of intermediaries," the Russian said.

It should be noted that in the middle of June 2024, the New York Times published the full text of preliminary agreements in Istanbul. The document listed the requirements of the Russian Federation for the Russian language, Ukrainian heroes, restriction of the armed forces and delaying the issue of occupation of Crimea. Due to some of these requirements, Ukraine's representatives stopped negotiations.

In particular, the Kremlin insisted that it should become a security guarantor with other countries - the United States, the United Kingdom, France and more. In addition, the Ukrainians had to immediately remove troops from the line of fighting, while the Russians did not plan to do it, but promised to think about the subject. At the same time, Putin's next statement appeared to end the war.