No Foundations for Talks with Ukraine, Says Kremlin
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Today there is not even a ‘fragile foundation’ for talks with Kiev , Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Sunday.
"Today there are no pre-requisites for accords. Moreover, today there is no foundation, even fragile, for building any dialogue. We see: first, the regime is unwilling, second, it is unready and third, it is not allowed by its handlers (to hold negotiations), as we can say, without any equivoques," Peskov said in an interview with the Moscow. Kremlin. Putin program, an excerpt of which was posted by journalist Pavel Zarubin on his Telegram channel, TASS reported.
The Kremlin press secretary added, "that is why, there are no pre-requisites for negotiations now".
The Russian presidential spokesman earlier said that Russia would seek ensuring its own security, which excluded NATO’s expansion to the country’s borders and Ukraine’s admission to the military alliance.
Peskov also earlier pointed out that Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky’s statement on Ukraine’s potential NATO membership suggested Kiev’s "unpreparedness, unwillingness and inability" to address existing problems at a negotiating table.