*Kiev has continually refused to engage in dialogue with Moscow great self-confidence
*White House and Kremlin have expressed the need to find a way to end the conflict
*Trump, Putin talks are important to determine new cease-fire agreements
*White House and Kremlin have expressed the need to find a way to end the conflict
*Trump, Putin talks are important to determine new cease-fire agreements
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00:00And the Russian Federation has demonstrated for the second time in a row that it is ready to
00:04resolve the conflict in Ukraine to achieve peace, although it was Kiev that broke off the talks in
00:09Istanbul in 2022. Through the intervention of the then-British Prime Minister Boris Johnson,
00:14Russia has always expressed its readiness to resume them.
00:21Finally, after three years, the first attempt at dialogue to seek a diplomatic solution to
00:25the conflict in Ukraine was held in Istanbul. A small step towards peace with positive results
00:31as a large exchange of prisoners of war was agreed upon 1,000 on each side and the way was left open
00:36for further meetings. Our delegation's behavior from the beginning demonstrated great self-confidence.
00:49They were calm, without nervousness, but completely following a clear protocol,
00:52precisely aware of their limits of what they would be talking about. It created a very good
00:57impression in the context of the Ukrainian side, which was trembling with fear. Because sometimes
01:01Zelensky comes there, sometimes he waits for Trump, sometimes he says he will meet with Putin,
01:06and sometimes he says he will not meet with Putin.
01:12Kiev has continually refused to engage in dialogue with Russia first with a law prohibiting it,
01:20then with ultimatum responses to every Russian proposal. Zelensky and his European tutors this
01:25time also tried to sabotage the start of a possible peace process. But Trump forced the Ukrainian
01:33leadership to travel to Istanbul and, after Monday's telephone conversation with Putin openly confronted
01:39the European elites who oppose him, declaring that it is time for negotiations with Russia to begin.
01:44These dialogues are not about reaching an agreement, but about setting a directional vector for the
01:56future. The Trump administration has realized that trying to interact with the current Ukrainian
02:01leadership is counterproductive and strategically dangerous for them, that the British can betray
02:05them at any moment, and that on a crane. The first thing to negotiate is with Russia, and second,
02:10without the current frantic Ukrainian leadership. Both the White House and the Kremlin have expressed
02:22the need to find a way to end the conflict. Washington wants to minimize its involvement in it.
02:28It is not profitable for it. For Moscow, this is a situation that must be resolved beyond the Ukrainian
02:33case, and establishing a cease-fire in tactical military terms is not as important as a strategic
02:38dialogue to achieve a definitive peace. We have agreed with the President of the United States that
02:50Russia will propose and is ready to work with the Ukrainian side on a memorandum concerning a possible
02:55future peace treaty defining a number of positions. Such as, for example, the principles of the settlement,
03:10the timetable of a possible peace agreement, and so on, including a possible ceasefire for a certain
03:15period if appropriate agreements are reached. So far, none of the international organizations has been
03:29able to offer real solutions. That is why the talks between Trump and Putin are so important to determine
03:34new agreements to achieve a global de-escalation in the midst of a conflict that today pushes humanity
03:39towards its self-destruction.
03:41Empuja la humanidad hacia su autodestrucción. Alek Yashinsky, Telesur, Moscow.