Russia calls on President Zelensky to properly assess the situation in Ukraine
Currently, there is no signal from the team of new Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that they want to send ambassadors to Kiev and Moscow. Russia expects that at some point this will be discussed, the statement said.
According to Andrei Rudenko, head of the II Department for CIS countries of the Russian Foreign Ministry, the decision to recall the ambassador was made by Ukraine.
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| President Zelensky. Photo: Sputnik |
“We are not insisting or imposing anything on anyone. As far as we know, Ukraine is not currently preparing to appoint a new ambassador, at least under President Petro Poroshenko. And there have been no such signals from the new government,” Mr. Rudenko said, answering the question about whether there are any prospects for the two countries’ ambassadors to return to Moscow and Kiev.
“There is nothing from the new government yet,” he reiterated.
As the diplomat pointed out, the new Ukrainian authorities have made very contradictory statements on all fronts, both about the Minsk process and about bilateral relations with Moscow.
“So we will wait for their reaction. We are looking at the positive side. We are not going to artificially limit this relationship any more than we have already done,” Mr. Rudenko commented.
