Vladimir Putin makes assertion after talks with Algerian counterpart at Kremlin.

Moscow, Russia:

The Kremlin mentioned on Friday that Russian President Vladimir Putin continues to be open to any contacts to debate a decision of the Ukraine battle, Russian information companies reported.

The feedback got here on the eve of a go to by African leaders to current a brand new peace initiative to Putin, almost 16 months after he launched Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

“President Putin was and is open to any contacts to discuss possible scenarios for solving the Ukrainian problem,” Interfax quoted Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying.

Russia has lengthy mentioned it’s open to negotiations, however says Ukraine should recognise the “new realities” on the bottom, the place its forces management some 18% of Ukrainian territory.

Moscow claimed final autumn to have annexed 4 areas in japanese and southern Ukraine in addition to the Crimea peninsula, which it seized in 2014.

Ukraine says its personal peace plan, which envisages the withdrawal of Russian troops from all Ukrainian land, should be the idea for any settlement of the battle.

The African delegation was on account of maintain talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Friday earlier than assembly Putin in St Petersburg on Saturday.

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