Washington cancels Budapest summit due to Kremlin's intransigence
Last weekend, Russia sent the United States private diplomatic note, In its statement, Russia reiterated its previous conditions for reaching a peace agreement with Ukraine.
This was reported by the newspaper The Telegraph, citing diplomatic sources.
In the document, the Kremlin again demands full control over the entire territory of Donbas, including Donetsk and Luhansk regions within their administrative boundaries.
US reaction
Due to Moscow's intransigence, the Washington administration decided to cancel the Budapest summit, which was scheduled for the end of October.
The meeting was to be a platform for preliminary consultations between the US, EU, Ukraine and Russia on a framework peace initiative.
«Russia's position has not changed - it remains unacceptable,» a US diplomatic source said in a commentary The Telegraph.
Position of Ukraine and its allies
Ukraine insists that Any negotiations are possible only after the complete withdrawal of Russian troops from the occupied territories and restoration of the 1991 state borders.
European partners support this position, emphasising that There can be no “territorial concessions”.
Context.
The idea of holding the Budapest summit emerged after Washington's initiative to reopen channels of diplomatic dialogue between Ukraine and Russia.
The summit was expected to be the first step towards discussing a new 12-point peace plan, The project is being prepared by Europe and Ukraine.
However, the Kremlin's ultimatum demands actually disrupted this process.
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