Cycly about US position in the UN: ceasefire must be unconditional and immediate
Sergey Kyslytsya. Photo: Getty Images
US statements at the UN indicate the maximum clarity of their ceasefire in Ukraine: it must be unconditional and immediate.
Source: First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Sergey Kyslytsya, commenting on the change in the rhetoric of US diplomats on Russia at the last two meetingsUkrinform”
Direct language Oxygen: « Two consecutive statements of the United States in the Council show that their position is as clear as possible: the ceasefire must be unconditional and immediate. »
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Details: He recalled that Ukraine has long declared its willingness to go for it, but the Russian Federation in Istanbul categorically rejected the possibility of an unconditional ceasefire.
Direct language Oklytsia: « It is also important that Washington said through its representatives in New York: Ukraine is not a obstacle to establishing a regime of unconditional ceasefire. »
Details: According to him, both speeches of American diplomats – Thursday and Friday – are « important, in particular, in the context of the expected meeting in Istanbul on June 2. »
Kyslytsa stressed that any statement voiced in the UN Security Council reflects the official position of the state and is not a private opinion of the diplomat.
That preceded: Kyslitsa toldthat during the negotiations on May 16, the Russians resorted to constant threats and immoral statements, in particular the head of the Russian delegation, Vladimir Medinsky said that « war is when the Russians kill Russians. »
Prehistory:
- May 16 for the first time in more than three years in Istanbul Direct negotiations took place between Russia and Ukraine.
- According to media, the Russians in Istanbul requiredto prevent US representatives from negotiating with the Ukrainian side and also put forward a number in advance unacceptable conditions Ukraine.
- During the meeting representatives of the Russian side They voiced a number of requirements to the Ukrainian delegation, named the conditions under which Moscow is ready to stop the fire. Among them – the refusal of Ukraine to territories and claims on repair.
- The head of the Russian delegation in Istanbul Volodymyr Medinsky stated in negotiations that Russian Federation is ready for an endless war against Ukraine, and threatened to seize Sumy and Kharkiv regions. « We fought with Sweden for 21 years. How much are you ready to fight? », – asked the Ukrainian Ukrainian side.
- Kyslytsya said that Russian representatives behaved as gangsters, and the head of their delegation Vladimir Medinsky directly threatened the Ukrainian side.
