Poroshenko Blasts Putin Claim New Ukrainian President Needed To Negotiate Peace
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko's office blasted Putin's statement
on November 15, saying the Russian president is "meddling" in the
Ukrainian presidential contest even before it has started.
Speaking at a news conference in Singapore, Putin said efforts by the
leaders of France, Germany, Russia, and Ukraine -- the so-called
Normandy Four -- to press for progress carrying out a peace plan forged
in the Belarusian capital in 2015 would be "pointless" for the time
being.
Putin said he hopes a new presidential administration in Kyiv next year
will dedicate itself to peacefully resolving the conflict between the
government and Moscow-backed separatists that has killed more than
10,300 people since 2014.
"The current Ukrainian authorities have not shown any desire to
implement the Minsk agreements -- they are not doing anything to
implement them, nothing is happening," Putin said, claiming that as long
as Poroshenko's administration remains in power "a peaceful resolution
of issues in these territories can hardly be counted on."
Ukrainian presidential press secretary Sviatoslav Tseholko wrote on
Facebook that Poroshenko wants a peaceful settlement in eastern Ukraine,
but "will never agree on peace on the terms of an aggressor country."
Kyiv and Western governments accuse Russia of providing arms and troops
to help the Ukrainian separatists, and say that Russia is not carrying
out its part of the Minsk peace plan by withdrawing that support. The
Kremlin denies the accusations.
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