The Kremlin again pretends to be interested in Putin’s meeting with Zelensky, but …

Dmitry Peskov. photo Getty Images

The Kremlin again stated that they “do not deny” against the meeting of the head of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin with President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky, but allegedly “have their expectations for its preparation.”

Source: Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, quoted by Russian “Interfax”, “European Truth”

Details: The spokesman of the ruler of the Russian Federation stated that he generally did not mind meeting with and ready for Ukraine, but at first Russia wants to “work on the expert level.”

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“Putin does not exclude the possibility of such a meeting, but believes that any meeting at the highest level should be well prepared so that it can finalize the work that must first be prepared at the expert level,” he commented.

“It is not yet possible to say that this expert work is raging, unfortunately no. We keep interest and readiness for such negotiations,” Peskov said.

He added that Moscow “conveyed the main positions and provisions” Kiev in writing. “Yes, this is a request-inquiry, then a discussion is needed,” the Kremlin spokesman said.

Prehistory:

• On August 22, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that Vladimir Putin will meet with Vladimir Zelensky only after the preparation of the Summit Program, and there are no such plans.
• According to media reports, US President Donald Trump intends to leave Russia and Ukraine to organize a meeting between their leaders, and thus will be removed from negotiations.
• Zelensky, while communicating with the media on August 29, reminded that on Monday, “a couple of weeks” would flock, which Trump gave Moscow for the next steps in the framework of negotiations, including the organization of a bilateral meeting with Ukraine before returning to the idea of ​​sanctions.