Cairo, May 2 (EFE).- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has conditioned the neutrality demanded by Russia from his country to the liberation of all its lands, including the Donbas region and the Crimean peninsula, which Russia annexed in 2014.

“The Russians insist on neutrality, and the most important thing for us is the liberation of the peninsula, as well as the Donbas and all temporarily occupied territories,” Zelensky said in an interview broadcast by the Saudi television channel “Al Arabiya” on Monday. Crimea”.

Zelensky accused Russia, which demands that Ukraine pledge not to join NATO and remain neutral, of trying to divide its country by holding a referendum on independence in the occupied territories, such as the annexation of Crimea in 2014.

In addition to saving all of Ukraine, the president stressed that to accept the neutrality that Moscow demands, it needs “security guarantees that will not be the target of similar attacks in the future, and other weapons should they be faced with a war as it is now.”

In any event, he reiterated that any decision on this issue would be submitted to a “referendum of all people”.

Regarding the course of the negotiations, Zelensky complained that “Russian negotiators lack the capacity to make decisions and that (Russian President Vladimir) Putin will always have the last word”, which is why he demanded direct dialogue between the two presidents.