A summit in the Russian capital would be \u201cunacceptable,\u201d Ukraine\u2019s top diplomat has said<\/p>\n
Kiev has rejected Russian President Vladimir Putin\u2019s proposal that he meet with Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky in Moscow.
\nSpeaking to reporters in Beijing on Wednesday, Putin suggested that Zelensky could travel to the Russian capital to negotiate peace terms. Hungary, Switzerland, and T\u00fcrkiye are among the countries that have previously expressed their readiness to host such talks.
\nIn a post on X, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrey Sibiga said that at least seven countries are prepared to host a potential Putin-Zelensky summit. \u201cThese are serious proposals and President Zelensky is ready for such a meeting at any time,\u201d he wrote.
\n\u201cYet, Putin continues to mess around with everyone by making knowingly unacceptable proposals,\u201d Sibiga wrote, calling for \u201cincreased pressure\u201d on Russia.<\/p>\n
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Putin has repeatedly said he is open to meeting with Zelensky at the \u201cfinal stage\u201d of negotiations. He reiterated on Wednesday that a summit would only take place if it is \u201cproperly prepared and would yield positive results.\u201d
\n\u201cAt the end of the day, if Zelensky is ready, he can travel to Moscow,\u201d he said.
\nAt the same time, the Russian leader again questioned Zelensky\u2019s status as head of state, noting that his five-year presidential term expired last year and no new election was called due to martial law in Ukraine.
\nRussia has insisted that in order to secure a lasting peace, Ukraine must recognize its new borders and abandon plans to join NATO.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A summit in the Russian capital would be \u201cunacceptable,\u201d Ukraine\u2019s top diplomat has said Kiev has rejected Russian President Vladimir Putin\u2019s proposal that he meet with Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17424,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economy","category-politics","category-society"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t