China News Agency, Moscow, February 11 (Reporter Tian Bing) Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Vershinin said in an interview with Russian media on February 11 that the relationship between Russia and the European Union is currently at an all-time low, and Brussels is the initiator.
He also said that Russia is willing to hold realistic negotiations with Ukraine, provided that Ukraine cannot presuppose conditions.
In an interview with Russia's "Red Star" TV station, Vershinen said that the relationship between Russia and the EU is currently at a historically low point, which is not conducive to the development of international relations and global stability.
He pointed out that Brussels should be responsible for the status quo of Russia-Europe relations, and the instigator of the bad state of Russia-Europe relations was and still is the decision-makers in Brussels.
Vershinen said that Russia and Europe have long lacked political contact, and this is not because of Russia's fault.
Vershinen said Russia was ready to negotiate with Ukraine without preconditions.
He said that traditionally, any military action will end in negotiations. The Russian side has repeatedly expressed its willingness to hold negotiations with the Uzbek side, but the premise is that the Ukrainian side cannot presuppose conditions, but negotiate based on the existing reality and consider To the goal previously proposed by the Russian side.
Vershinen emphasized that it is not up to Ukraine to decide whether to negotiate with Russia, but to the United States and NATO.
He said that Russia and Ukraine had previously held negotiations in Belarus and Turkey, but they were interrupted by the Ukrainian side.
According to the diplomat, the decision on whether to hold talks with Moscow is not for Kiev, but for Washington and Brussels.
Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov said in an interview with Russian media on February 2 that what is important to Russia is not the time factor, but the actual results.
The West refused to negotiate and forced Ukraine to withdraw from the negotiation process at the end of March last year when it had the opportunity to end the conflict, and has not tried to persuade Ukraine to resume negotiations since then.
Matviyenko, chairman of the Russian Federation Council (the upper house of parliament), said on February 1 that Russia is willing to conduct negotiations on the situation in Ukraine without preconditions, but at present Russia cannot see the "sincerity" of Ukraine in the negotiations.
She also said that if the United States is willing, the Ukrainian side can sit at the negotiating table within a day, but the United States is not interested in ending this conflict, but hopes that the conflict can be escalated and prolonged.
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