The Kremlin said on Monday that “serious” work was underway on a Russian peace plan project for the war in Ukraine, but a memorandum project has not yet been submitted.
Russian President Vladimir Putin told former American president Donald Trump during an appeal last week that Moscow and kyiv were preparing a memorandum on a peace agreement, which caused accusations of Ukraine and European officials that Russia blocked and did not negotiate in good faith.
Russia rejected the accusations and insisted that he has no interest in delaying the peace process.
“THE RussiaA memorandum project has not yet been submitted, “the Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists.” The work continues. This is a serious project, a project of a serious document that requires checks and meticulous preparations. “”
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday that Moscow would present his conditions for a long -term peace agreement after the completion of an exchange of prisoners agreed during the talks before Istanbul.
This exchange, involving 1,000 prisoners on each side, was completed on Sunday, according to the Russian Defense Ministry.
Peskov said work to a peace agreement would continue on the basis of agreements concluded in Istanbul, the exchange of prisoners marking the first stage.