Translation. Region: Russian Federal
Source: People’s Republic of China in Russian –
Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
Moscow, May 23 /Xinhua/ — The second round of talks between Russia and Ukraine on peaceful settlement will take place, but the dates and venue have not yet been determined, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday, speaking at a conference in Moscow.
“Yes, we are for negotiations. Yes, there will be a second round. They /Ukrainian authorities/ have confirmed this. This is already a positive development,” TASS quotes him as saying.
As S. Lavrov stated, the dates and venue of the second round of negotiations with the Ukrainian side have not yet been determined. According to him, the main task now is to prepare a peace treaty with Ukraine, which will ensure long-term peace.
“The most important task now is to prepare a peace treaty that will be reliable and will ensure a long-term, sustainable, fair peace without creating security threats to anyone, in this case we are interested in the Russian Federation, without any attempts to infringe on the rights of Russians and Russian-speakers in violation of the UN Charter, which prohibits discrimination on religious and linguistic grounds,” said the head of the Russian diplomatic mission.
S. Lavrov reported that the Russian side’s work on the memorandum on the peace treaty is already at an advanced stage. “The work is underway. I don’t know about that /Ukrainian/ side, but our work is already at an advanced stage, and in any case we will hand over this memorandum to the Ukrainians,” the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry noted. –0–