Moscow and Kyiv were close to the agreement by which Ukraine would remain an extra -block state, said the speaker of the Russian Federation of Russia Valentina Matvienko. This is reported by RIA Novosti.
“We, by the way, in parallel conducted negotiations with Ukraine on the signing of a peace agreement, agreements. We allocated troops from Kyiv, Kharkov, an agreement was already prepared that arranged Ukraine and Russia. The main conditions were there that Ukraine would remain non -block, A neutral state, like Austria, for example, that it will not be a nuclear state, ”she said during a meeting with Mozambique President Philipa Zhasinta Newsi.
According to Matvienko, those who “carry out the external management of Ukraine” did not give the contract. She also emphasized that Russia is still ready for negotiations, but Moscow does not see the same desire from Kyiv.