Moscow has long said that it\u2019s ready to work towards a diplomatic solution, provided its security concerns are addressed<\/p>\n
Vladimir Zelensky has rejected the idea of ending the Ukraine conflict with a North and South Korea-style split, and stressed that there may be no final peace agreement signed with Russia.
\nAt a press conference on Friday, he was asked whether he was considering a Korean War-style scenario for ending the Ukraine conflict. North and South Korea ended active hostilities with an armistice in 1953, but never signed a peace treaty, leaving the two nations de facto at war.
\n\u201cNo one is considering the \u2018Korean\u2019, \u2018Finnish,\u2019 or any other model,\u201d Zelensky told journalists, according to UNIAN. \u201cA ceasefire is enough to provide security guarantees. We can\u2019t waste time waiting for a clear agreement to end the war. We need security guarantees beforehand.\u201d<\/p>\n
It may happen that there will be no final document to end the war.<\/p>\n
Zelensky noted that French President Emmanuel Macron had argued security guarantees should not wait until the war is over. \u201cI agree with him that, for instance, a ceasefire is enough to provide security guarantees,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
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Western \u2018peacekeepers\u2019 in Ukraine would be seen as occupiers \u2013 Lavrov<\/p>\n
Macron has increasingly lobbied to deploy \u201cpeacekeeping\u201d troops to Ukraine in the event of a ceasefire as part of Western Europe\u2019s \u201ccoalition of the willing.\u201d
\nMoscow has categorically rejected any scenario involving NATO countries\u2019 troops being sent to Ukraine.
\nAccording to Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, Ukraine and its European backers are \u201cdoing everything possible to continue down the path of confrontation and escalating tensions.\u201d
\nDespite this, Russian President Vladimir Putin remains both \u201cready and willing to seek a diplomatic settlement\u201d to the Ukraine conflict, Peskov said on Friday.
\nEarlier this month, Putin said that Moscow will observe any security guarantees agreed on with Ukraine, but insists that they \u201cbe drafted both for Russia and Ukraine.\u201d<\/p>\n
READ MORE: Drone attack claims meant to derail Ukraine peace talks \u2013 Moscow<\/p>\n
Moscow has repeatedly said that it sees NATO\u2019s eastward spread, as well as Ukraine\u2019s ambitions to join the US-led military bloc as threats to Russian security.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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