A top-level summit can only take place once the necessary preparation is done by experts, spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said
Russian President Vladimir Putin will be open to a meeting with Ukraineβs Vladimir Zelensky once all the necessary preparations have been completed by delegations from the two countries, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday.
Zelensky has claimed that substantial negotiations with Russia are only possible if he and Putin are directly involved. Moscow maintains that Zelenskyβs legitimacy is in doubt and that a meeting must only come after a peace deal is broadly agreed by the two parties.
Peskov reiterated Moscowβs stance during a regular press briefing, stressing that a Putin-Zelensky summit can only come βafter the necessary work on the expert level is done, and sufficient distance is crossed.β
π¨π·πΊRussia does not rule out Putin-Zelensky meeting after work at expert level: Kremlin
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π£οΈ"I would like to remind you that the president himself has always kept open the possibility of holding such a meeting," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. pic.twitter.com/QOAJ0qrKY9
