Zelensky responded to WSJ’s publication about the US suggestion from US recognize Crimea
Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Photo – op
President Vladimir Zelensky was asked at a press conference about the data from The Wall Street Journal, according to which the United States propose to recognize Crimea Russianto refuse NATO accession and create a neutral area around the US -controlled state.
Source: Zelensky’s Press Conference, which is broadcast « Public”
Straight language: « As soon as we start talking about Crimea, our sovereign territories, we go into the format of delaying war-that is what Russia wants. We have been fighting for the 12th year.
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Details: Media message about the proposal to recognize Crimea to the Russian President said that « it is signals, it is ideas, it is a vision, it can be called differently. But this is not an official proposal to Ukraine. »
Zelensky noted that it is not known exactly whose proposals. It may be a vision of the United States, and perhaps it is what Americans have understood after talking to Putin.
Straight language: « But Ukraine does not recognize the Crimea legally Russian, it is our constitution. It is our territory, the territory of the people of Ukraine. It will not be, it seems to me that we have already declared any temporarily occupied territory.
Details: Zelensky added that on April 23, the Ukrainian delegation in the top officials will have a mandate to discuss an unconditional or partial ceasefire.
« We are ready for this stage. We are also ready to record that after the ceasefire we are ready to sit in any format, so that there is no deaf angle, » the head of state said.
In terms of NATO, Zelensky is convinced that the US and Russia have a dialogue of the shod of Ukraine in NATO.
However, « no one except NATO countries has the right to veto Ukraine’s accession to the Alliance, » he said.
As for the NPP, the head of state noted that the station without Ukraine will not work and the US will need a Ukrainian technical composition.
Straight language: « If we together with the United States will restore the NPP when the Russians come out from there and we make money for electricity, it is a normal history. But officially there was no such proposal for the NPP. Ukraine is not against partnership with America to restore any enterprise. »
That preceded:
Edition of The Wall Street Journal in material notedthat the United States awaits Kyiv’s response, in particular to recognize Crimea and refuse Ukraine to join NATO. In addition, the US considers the idea of a neutral territory around the ZPE.
