Ukraine, Lavrov: «Said a second spherical of negotiations. In the Vatican? Unrealistic ” | EUROtoday

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A second spherical of interviews between Russia and Ukraine will definitely be held, the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, anticipated. “Yes, we are all in favor of interviews, yes, there will be a second round. The Ukrainians have confirmed it. It is a positive development itself,” he added. “Work is underway on a memorandum (asked by Russia, editor’s note). I cannot say of Ukraine but our work has reached an advanced stage and we will still deliver the Ukrainian Memorandum.”

Doubts of Minister Lavrov on the selection of the Vatican as a possible headquarters for the assembly, speculation that he referred to as “unrealistic”. As reported by the Tass company, Lavrov defined that “it would be not very elegant to discuss, when the Orthodox countries will confront each other, of issues related to the elimination of the deep causes, on a Catholic platform. I think that for the Vatican itself it would not be very comfortable in these conditions to receive delegations from two Orthodox countries”.

The spokesman for the Kremlin, Dmitry Peskov, didn’t reply a query at present on how deep in Ukrainian territory the “safety pad zone” that Russia intends to create alongside the border, in line with what was introduced yesterday by President Vladimir Putin, needs to be deep in Ukrainian territory. “This is directly linked to the trend of military operations, to military issues,” stated Peskov, talked about by the Tass company. “I advise you to ask this question to the Ministry of Defense,” he added. According to the Russians, the institution of a “buffer area” ought to put an finish to the each day bombings from the Ukrainian territory on the Russian border areas. So, even when not explicitly stated by Putin, it ought to contain the Russian occupation of Ukrainian territories alongside the border.

Meanwhile, Donald Trump stated in a submit on Truth, Russia and Ukraine have accomplished a “great -reaching” prisoners. «An alternate of enormous prisoners has simply been accomplished between Russia and Ukraine. It will come into drive shortly, “wrote the American leader. «Congratulations to both sides for this negotiation. Could lead to something important ??? ” Trump wrote once more.