Vladimir Putin, Putin (Photo: Reuters)
The Kremlin said any peace plan for Ukraine proposed by a possible future US administration of Donald Trump would have to reflect the reality on the ground, but that Russian President Vladimir Putin remained open to talks.
Reuters reported on Tuesday that two key Trump advisers have presented him with a plan to end the war in Ukraine – if he wins the presidential election – that involves telling Ukraine that it will only get more US weapons if it enters into peace talks.
“The value of any plan lies in its nuances and in taking into account the real state of affairs on the ground,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Reuters. “We don’t know what kind of plan we’re talking about, or what’s in it.” “President Putin has repeatedly said that Russia is and remains open to negotiations, taking into account the actual state of affairs on the ground,” he said. “We remain open to negotiations, and in order to evaluate the plan, we must first familiarize ourselves with it.”
Peskov said Putin’s recent peace proposals have not been accepted by the West and Ukraine.
“You know that Putin recently came up with a peace initiative, which unfortunately was not accepted by either the West or the Ukrainians themselves,” he said.
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First print: June 25, 2024 | 1:19 PM IST