Security guarantees should be provided to both Ukraine and Russia. This was stated by the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov in an interview with RIA Novosti in the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum (VEF) in Vladivostok.
“Of course, security guarantees should be provided to Ukraine and us,” Peskov said, answering the appropriate question.
“After all, what was one of the primords of this conflict? When the basis of security guarantees for our security guarantees for our conflict began to be violated for our guarantees for our Countries when Ukraine began to be hidden in NATO, and when the NATO military infrastructure began to move towards our borders. With the provisions of the agreements that were spaced in Istanbul in 2022, all the guarantees of security were contained there, they all ensured there, ”said Peskov.
He noted that work in the Istanbul format can be continued in case of increasing the level of negotiations of Russia with Ukraine.
according to Peskov, the President of the Russian Federation greatly appreciated the effectiveness of the negotiation of the Russian Federation with Ukraine, headed by the assistant to the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Medinsky.
“Therefore, this work can also be continued,” Peskov answered the question of whether the work in Istanbul format could continue in case of increasing the level of negotiations of the Russian Federation with Ukraine. Ukraine.
“as far as we understand, they talk about guarantees of the security of Ukraine through European forces … Then we will go back to the causes of the conflict. The main reason for the conflict was an attempt by NATO to penetrate Ukraine, thus putting our country into danger. So we recognize this as a threat to ourselves – the presence of international forces, or any foreign forces, or forces of NATO on Ukrainian land, our border,” said, – said. He.
“We would like to achieve our goals with diplomatic and peaceful means until we have such opportunities, we will continue the” special military operation, “concluded Peskov.