Ukraine conflict could have ended in Spring 2022 Kiev's top MP

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Ukraine conflict could have ended in Spring 2022 Kiev's top MP

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25 Nov 2023, 01:43 GMT+10

Ukraine conflict could have ended in Spring 2022 Kiev's top MP

David Arakhamia led Kiev's delegation in the talks with Moscow

Russia was ready to stop the fighting had Ukraine agreed to remain neutral, but the West advised Kiev to keep going, the head of President Vladimir Zelensky's parliamentary faction - and the chief negotiator at the Istanbul talks - David Arakhamia admitted on Friday.

Arakhamia, who heads the 'Servant of the People' parliamentary group, told the TV channel 1+1 that Moscow had offered Kiev a peace deal in March 2022, but the Ukrainian side did not trust Russia.

"Russia's goal was to put pressure on us so that we would take neutrality. This was the main thing for them: they were ready to end the war if we accepted neutrality, like Finland once did. And we would make a commitment that we will not join NATO. This was the main thing," said Arakhamia.

Agreeing to neutrality and giving up NATO membership would have required changing the constitution of Ukraine, Arakhamia explained. "Secondly, there was no trust in the Russians that they would do this. This could only be done with security guarantees," he told 1+1.

During the talks, Arakhamia added, British PM Boris Johnson arrived in Kiev and told the Ukrainian authorities to keep fighting and not sign any agreements with Moscow.

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