The Russian Foreign Ministry said it was ready to continue negotiations with the Ukrainian side, taking into account the Russian position, while noting that the discussion of any UN participation in the negotiations as a mediator is “premature.”
Director of the Department of International Organizations of the Russian Foreign Ministry Petr Ilyichev said: “Ukrainian colleagues did not give an answer to our amendments of April 15 this year. We, in turn, are ready to continue the process. taking into account the Russian position”.
Regarding the participation of the UN as a mediator in the negotiations, he said: “We believe that the discussion of the possible participation of the UN in the Russian-Ukrainian negotiations as a mediator is premature. At the very least, we need to wait for their resumption. .”
Source: Interfax