Moscow: Russia is ready to resume trilateral negotiations with the United States and Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday in an interview with Russian state channel reporter Pavel Zarubin.
Putin added that any future talks should focus on security arrangements following a final peace agreement instead of a temporary ceasefire, and broader European security issues should also be discussed.
"The purpose of these negotiations will be to discuss ensuring the security of Ukraine and Russia after peace agreements have been reached in their final form, rather than as a result of a suspension of hostilities for some brief period of time. We are ready to resume these contacts to achieve this goal," Putin said.
Answering a journalist's question, he noted that it was "inappropriate" for Ukrainian leaders to discuss possible territorial losses as a result of the war, arguing that, in his view, the territories in eastern Ukraine claimed by Moscow were "historically Russian land". He also reiterated that Russia has no intention of fighting Europe, adding that European nations do not want that war either.