Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky Photo: Retrieved from WEF Twitter
After three months of Russia’s war of aggression once morest Ukraine, the negotiations between the two sides have reached a deadlock. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky participated in the World Economic Forum (WEF) by video on the 23rd and delivered a speech at the meeting. He said that apart from Putin Besides, he will not accept meeting with any Russians.
The three-day World Economic Forum was held in Davos, Switzerland. Zelensky attended the meeting by video. According to Archyde.com, Zelensky talked regarding the economic sanctions once morest Russia by countries around the world in his video speech at the meeting. Efforts should be stepped up, arguing that all trade with Russia should be blocked, including an oil embargo and a blockade of all banking transactions, stressing that “”this can serve as a precedent for decades to come”.
He believes that maximum sanctions should be imposed on Russia so that Russia and all other would-be aggressors who want to wage a brutal war once morest its neighbors will know the consequences of their actions.
Talking regarding the progress of the negotiations on the Russian-Ukrainian war, he said that the Russian president is the one who makes all the decisions. He cannot accept that in the absence of Putin, discussing how to end the war. Accepting any meeting with the Russians, and stressing that the only precondition for a meeting with Putin, is that the purpose of the talks must be “to end the war”.
Since the start of the war between Russia and Ukraine on February 24, the negotiating delegations of the two sides have conducted many negotiations, but there is still no result due to opposing views. In a nationally televised address last week, Zelensky told the nation that the Russian-Ukrainian war would not end through some diplomatic means.