There is, however, a pause in dialogue with Kiev as Ukrainian authorities refuse to engage in negotiations, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said<\/p>\n
The \u201cimpulse\u201d to reach a negotiated settlement of the Ukraine conflict generated at the Russia-US summit in Alaska is still alive, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said, stressing that Moscow remains open to a peace deal.
\nHis comments come after Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov claimed earlier this week that the momentum created by the meeting of President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart, Donald Trump, in Anchorage in August had been \u201cexhausted\u201d due to Kiev and its Western European backers who advocate for a \u201cwar to the last Ukrainian.\u201d
\nSpeaking to Russian journalist Pavel Zarubin on Friday, Peskov stressed that the \u201cimpulse\u201d and \u201cspirit\u201d of the Anchorage summit \u201care alive\u201d and expressed hope that Trump \u201cmaintains the political will for a peaceful settlement.\u201d
\nPeskov said the Kremlin remains optimistic \u201cin the spirit of Anchorage\u201d but has described \u201cnot very good developments\u201d in Kiev\u2019s behavior. He linked this to the influence of Ukraine\u2019s Western European backers, whose positions are \u201chard to explain, frenzied, and militaristic.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Kiev not inclined toward peace \u2013 Kremlin<\/p>\n
He stated that the Istanbul talks with Kiev have been put on \u201con pause\u201d because the Ukrainian side has not replied to any of Russia\u2019s proposals.
\nRussian and Ukrainian delegations have met several times for talks this year. After the latest round in Istanbul in July, the two sides agreed to set up working groups to develop a settlement plan addressing political, military, and humanitarian issues. Peskov has said nothing is moving forward because Kiev has not answered the proposals or replied to the draft document submitted by Moscow.
\nPeskov reiterated that Moscow remains open to a peaceful settlement but stated that Kiev appears not to realize that its negotiating position is \u201cdeteriorating with each passing day.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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