“We are always ready to negotiate.
Our president has always insisted that he would like to sit down with Putin and have a talk with him, ”RIA Novosti quotes Kislitsa.
According to him, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba would also like to hold talks with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov.
Kislytsya stressed that "Ukrainians are always ready for substantive negotiations with Russia."
Earlier, Vladimir Zelensky said that his meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin could unblock relations between the two countries.
Andriy Yermak, head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, confirmed Zelensky's readiness to negotiate with Putin.
The press secretary of the Russian leader Dmitry Peskov commented on the possibility of a meeting between Zelensky and Putin.