- By Ajeet Kumar
- Fri, 12 Sep 2025 05:36 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
The Kremlin said that there was a pause in peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine and accused European countries of hindering a process it said that Moscow remained open to. Also, news agency AFP reported that the Kremlin said US President Donald Trump's efforts to end the three-and-a-half-year conflict have faltered.
"Our negotiators have the opportunity to communicate through channels. But for now, it is probably more accurate to talk about a pause," spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters. "You can't wear rose-tinted glasses and expect that the negotiation process will yield immediate results," he added.
All communication channels functional: Kremlin
"The channels of communication are in place and functioning. Our negotiators have the opportunity to communicate through these channels. But for now, it is probably more accurate to say that there is a pause," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
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"The Russian side remains ready to pursue the path of peaceful dialogue. But the fact that the Europeans are hindering this is indeed true," said Peskov.
Trump has every opportunity: Russia
Trump has "every opportunity" to influence Kyiv to eliminate the root causes of the conflict in Ukraine."We are confident that the current American administration has every opportunity to encourage the so-called Ukrainian leadership to end the conflict, eliminate the root causes of its occurrence and return to the origins of its own statehood," said Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova during a regular media briefing in Moscow.
The senior diplomat was quoted as saying by the Russian state-owned news agency Tass that "the best guarantees of Ukraine's security are the establishment of its neutral, non-aligned, non-nuclear status, which is enshrined in the declaration of state sovereignty of 1990."
Zakharova stated during the briefing that it was in this status that Ukraine gained independence and was recognised by the international community, including Moscow.Confirmation of this declaration "was contained in the draft peace agreement that was being developed in the spring of 2022," the diplomat noted, as per Tass.
(With inputs from Reuters)
