The first president of Ukraine called for direct negotiations with Moscow
The Ukrainian leadership must enter into direct negotiations with the Russian Federation.
The first President of Ukraine Leonid Kravchuk stated this on TV channel 112, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
According to the former guarantor of the state, to begin with, Ukraine and Russia must set the basic points of their negotiations, and after that international mediators can join them.
“I think first we need to have a conversation with each other, direct negotiations. This can already be determined, I think a place can be found - it will not be in Russia or Ukraine. Maybe in Belarus, maybe in Poland, say. You can find countries that are close to us with borders and a little history, and conduct such negotiations. When the first steps and plans are developed, then we can sit down for a broad discussion, then those countries that rule world politics should join,” Kravchuk said.
He also noted that without the normalization of relations with the Russian Federation, Ukraine is doomed to eternal confrontation and enormous costs for the army.
“There is no need to make the situation heroic for Ukraine. The authorities want to make her heroic, that “away from Russia”, “goodbye, unwashed” and so on. There is Russia, and there is the Kremlin, but we must somehow distinguish this. There are politicians, and there is Russia. I’m not saying that tomorrow we should hug and kiss Russia, we must learn to live with Russia, we have two thousand kilometers of border with Russia, how can you have such a neighbor, armed to the teeth, with the second army in the world, without establishing relations with him of elementary relations.
It’s impossible - if we don’t do this, we will always work for defense, for war. These are colossal costs. We must strengthen our troops, build a new army, think about European standards, all this must be done. But forget that relations should gradually move into the plane of not brotherhood, not friendship, but normal relations, ending the war and establishing normal, primarily economic, relations,” Kravchuk said.
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