Russia has received the peace plan proposed by Italy and is studying it, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Roudenko said on Monday, quoted by Russian agencies.
We received it a while ago. We study ithe said, stressing that he was not talking to Italy at the moment.
When we finish studying it, we will say what we think about itHe added.
Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio announced on Friday that his country had offeredUN the constitution of a international facilitation group to try to achieve step by step at a ceasefire in Ukraine.
For Luigi Di Maio, the facilitation group offered byUN should try to rebuild the dialogue between the two parties who, so far, are at war.
A four step plan
Details of this plan have not been published, but according to the Italian daily Ang republic, the very detailed document submitted toUN and drawn by diplomats of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs predicts four stages:
- a ceasefire in Ukraine and the demilitarization of the front under the administration ofUN;
- negotiations on the status of Ukraine, which will enter intoEU but not inNATO;
- a bilateral agreement between Ukraine and Russia on Crimea and Donbass (these disputed territories will have full autonomy with the right to ensure their own security but be subject to Ukrainian sovereignty);
- the conclusion of a multilateral peace and security agreement in Europe, its main purpose being disarmament, control of weapons and prevention of conflict.
On Sunday, Russian negotiator Vladimir Medinsky said Russia was ready to resume peace talks with Ukraine, saying their suspension was due to kyiv.
The other day, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stressed that the war will end only by the way. diplomatic.
Several meetings between negotiators from both sides took place but did not yield concrete results.
Source: Radio-Canada
