In China, Ukraine’s top diplomat signals readiness to resume negotiations with Russia
- During a meeting with his Chinese counterpart, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba says Kyiv is ready to engage with Moscow when it is ready to negotiate in ‘good faith’
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Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said his country would be ready to negotiate directly with Russia, but only when Moscow did so in “good faith”.
In a meeting with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on Wednesday, Kuleba said Kyiv was “ready to engage the Russian side in the negotiation process at a certain stage, when Russia is ready to negotiate in good faith”.
But, he added, “no such readiness is currently observed on the Russian side”, according to a statement from Ukraine’s foreign ministry.
Kyiv and Moscow briefly engaged in peace talks soon after Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, but negotiations broke down over a range of key issues.
Kuleba and Wang met in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou, as Kyiv’s top diplomat made his first official visit to the country since the war in Ukraine broke out in February 2022.
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