JAKARTA - Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is ready to meet directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss territorial issues and the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant.
"As you know, the most sensitive issues are still unresolved. In fact, to solve them, the president is ready to meet with Putin and discuss this," Sybiha told Pravda Europe, a Ukrainian newspaper reported by ANTARA from Sputnik, Wednesday, January 27.
According to Sybiha, Ukraine plans to sign a 20-point peace agreement with US President Donald Trump and expects the United States to sign an agreement with Russia.
However, Sybiha continued, the European Union will not be part of the scheme, although it will "be present" in the negotiation process and in security guarantees, adding that talks are ongoing and the current configuration is not final.
The first meeting of the trilateral working group of Russia-US-Ukraine on security issues took place in Abu Dhabi on Friday and Saturday.
The UAE government described the meeting as positive and constructive, stressing that the Russian and Ukrainian delegations spoke directly to each other.
On November 23, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the European Union was against any changes to Ukraine's borders and did not support restrictions that could weaken the Ukrainian armed forces.
In response, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko said the EU's stance made peace in Ukraine impossible and Moscow saw no place for Europe at the negotiating table.
On December 28, Zelenskyy refused to withdraw Ukrainian armed forces from the Donbass region after a meeting with US President Donald Trump.
Furthermore, on January 23, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from Donbas was an important condition, while Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov stressed the withdrawal of Ukrainian military from the region as an important component of any comprehensive peace plan.
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