Ukraine conflict: Don't see much ground for negotiation at present, says Russian envoy Alipov
Amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict, Russian envoy to India Denis Alipov on Wednesday said there is not much ground for negotiation at present.
Alipov said this in response to a query during an interaction session in the national capital on BRICS and its potential. The session was hosted by Russian state-owned Sputnik news agency.
The Russia-Ukraine conflict, which began in February 2022, entered its 1,000th day on Monday. Asked if Russia would be willing to sit across the table and talk to Ukraine to seek a resolution to this conflict, the envoy said, "Frankly, (we) don't see much grounds for negotiations at the moment."
"What we are prepared for is to sit and talk, provided there is a basis for negotiations," Alipov said.
And that basis should include the ground realities in the first place, interests of Russia from the point of view of security and protection of Russians within Ukraine and Ukrainian citizens of Russian origin, he said.
Alipov said this in response to a query during an interaction session in the national capital on BRICS and its potential. The session was hosted by Russian state-owned Sputnik news agency.
The Russia-Ukraine conflict, which began in February 2022, entered its 1,000th day on Monday. Asked if Russia would be willing to sit across the table and talk to Ukraine to seek a resolution to this conflict, the envoy said, "Frankly, (we) don't see much grounds for negotiations at the moment."
"What we are prepared for is to sit and talk, provided there is a basis for negotiations," Alipov said.
And that basis should include the ground realities in the first place, interests of Russia from the point of view of security and protection of Russians within Ukraine and Ukrainian citizens of Russian origin, he said.