Ukraine’s chief negotiator David Arakhamiya plans to resume peace negotiations with Moscow at the end of August after counter-attacks have been launched. By the end of August, Ukraine will be in a better negotiating position, he said in an interview published Saturday with Voice of America. “I think we will conduct an operation with counter-attacks in different places,” Arachamija said without giving details.
Peace settlement negotiations began shortly after the Russian attack on Ukraine. At the end of March, during the talks in Istanbul, Kiev proposed, among other things, not to join NATO if the country would receive international security guarantees in return.
Surrender of the Donetsk and Luhansk . regions
However, Russia also demands demilitarization and the transfer of territory. In addition to Crimea, which has been annexed since 2014, this also applies to the Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
Talks later ground to a halt. Only detailed issues such as the exchange of prisoners were negotiated, but no more fundamental solution. Moscow blames Kiev for this. However, both sides are clearly counting on their ability to improve their position in the negotiations through military successes.
Source: Krone
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