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The office of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky published an interview with the head of state Agence France-Presse, Reuters and the Associated Press. In an interview with reporters, Zelensky spoke about the expectations from the meeting between Putin and Biden.
According to the Ukrainian leader, the whole world is now closely following what is happening in Geneva. According to him, the very fact of negotiations is already a significant result.
“They meet and try to convey something to each other. We know many meetings of many US presidents with the only president of the Russian Federation for many years, ” Zelensky said. He noted that Russia and the United States have different views on Ukraine and on world processes. “I think the whole world is waiting. I say this openly and I am happy, because when people sit down and talk, even if they come out without a result, it is already the result of their meeting.”
Zelensky noted that he expects a clearer position from Western countries regarding the Nord Stream-2 pipeline under construction.
“In all this case – I’m sorry, maybe you were waiting for some other answer – I put the Nord Stream ,the Biden-Putin summit, the NATO summit on the same level, although these are different things in terms of their weight,” the Ukrainian leader said. According to him, the West’s position lacks specifics – in particular, when it comes to Ukraine’s membership in NATO.
When asked about the meeting with Putin, Zelensky said that it would be. But only if the Russian counterpart is ready for a dialogue.
“Today I do not know the reasons, but they are too long. And delaying the issue will not solve it. They raise the question of the Russian language, the church, and so on, ” he said. – I have a very open position here: if you want respect for the Russian language, respect Ukrainian.”
The President of Ukraine noted that he hopes to agree on the terms of the meeting with Putin in the near future.
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