Ukraine is not willing to sacrifice son territorial integrity in discussion with Russia, but is open to discussing “non-NATO models” for that of the future country, a negotiator told Fox News on Sunday.
Ukraine continued membership of the European Union and NATO, both opposed by Moscow. Russian President Vladimir Putin cited Ukraine’s potential membership in NATO as proof of what he describes as NATO aggression against Russia.
“The response we get from NATO countries is that they are not even ready to discuss having us in NATO, not for the next point final of five or 10 years,” said negotiator David Arakhamia in comments published on fox news website late on Saturday.
“We are ready to discuss some non-NATO models. For example, there could be direct guarantees by different countries like the United States, China, the United Kingdom, possibly Germany and France. We are open to discuss such things in a wider circle, not only in bilateral talks with Russia but also with other partners.”
The Ukrainian and Russian delegations had two rounds of talks since Russia launched a invasion of son next to on February 24.
On Thursday, the parties agreed to open humanitarian corridors for allow civilians out of some combat areas, although there have been delays in implementing them.
the next round of talks are due on Monday, according to the Ukrainian side.
