White House: “Communication with Russia, good for everyone”
Zelensky calls for sincere peace talks
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on the 7th (local time) that it is important to force Russia to engage in real peace talks, amid news of high-level contacts between the White House and the Russian Kremlin.
“If you take the climate agenda seriously, you have to be serious about the need to restore territorial stability in Ukraine,” Zelensky said in a video speech the same day, accusing Russia of causing instability on various international issues, including climate change. , according to Reuters. “We have to force Russia to hold real peace talks,” he said.
The Washington Post reported on the 5th that the US government has worked to persuade President Zelensky not to completely rule out the possibility of a dialogue with Russian President Vladimir Putin. “Ukraine has never refused to negotiate,” said Mikhail Podolyak, aide to the Ukrainian presidential office. He reacted even more negatively by saying that the negotiator was the future Russian leader, not Putin.
In addition to the WP reports, there have been reports that the United States attaches importance to communication with Russia. The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) 6 report that the White House had maintained a communication channel with the Kremlin in Russia was also true. White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said at an event in New York that “continued contact with the Kremlin is in the interest of all countries affected by this war.”
Aside from the contacts between the US and Russia, Sullivan made it clear that Russia was responsible for the war. “Joe Biden’s government has an obligation to hold them accountable,” he said.
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