Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to continue the war in Ukraine and does not want to meet with Vladimir Zelensky. Talking with him is a waste of time. Such a statement made Prime Minister Italy Mario Dragi in an interview with Corriere Della Sera.
Journalists asked that earlier the prime minister Italy spoke with the President of the Russian Federation on the phone, whether it was impossible to stop him with the help of a diplomatic conversation.
“in a telephone conversation I told him that I call him to talk about the world. I asked him:” When do you meet with Zelensky? Only you will be able to find a solution together. “He replied:” Time has not yet come. “I insisted:” Take a decision on the ceasefire. “And again:” No: time has not yet come, “said Dragi, whose words leads UNIAN.
According to the Prime Minister of Italy, during a telephone conversation, Putin began to talk about paying for Russian gas in rubles, which was not yet officially adopted in Russia. After that, the interlocutors agreed to meet in a few days. And then the world saw the war crimes of Russians in Bucha.
“I begin to think that those who say that it is useless to talk to him, it’s just a waste of time. I always defended Macgron and continue to assert that as the EU President he is right, trying to use all possible dialogue paths. But I got the impression that the horror of the war with its maintenance … absolutely does not depend on words and phone calls that are made, “Draghi summed up.