18 October 2023 – Putin- ‘Cancel the decree’.mp4
Notes:
‘To the question about whether the prospect of some kind of peaceful settlement is possible, I say what I have said many times: if the Ukrainian side wants a real negotiation process, then we need to do this not with some theatrical gestures but the first thing we need to do it to cancel the decree of the President of Ukraine prohibiting negotiations.
We are hearing now that they seem to be ready for some kind of negotiations already and those in charge, who are supervised by the direction of foreign policy and who just recently spoke about the need to inflict a strategic defeat of Russia on the battlefield, now they have already spoken in a different voice and are talking about the need to solve these problems through peaceful negotiations.
This is the right transformation, transformation in the right direction, but that’s not enough. You need to take concrete steps if you really want to negotiate.’
We are hearing now that they seem to be ready for some kind of negotiations already and those in charge, who are supervised by the direction of foreign policy and who just recently spoke about the need to inflict a strategic defeat of Russia on the battlefield, now they have already spoken in a different voice and are talking about the need to solve these problems through peaceful negotiations.
This is the right transformation, transformation in the right direction, but that’s not enough. You need to take concrete steps if you really want to negotiate.’