Russia has received the peace plan proposed by Italy and is studying it, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Roudenko said Monday, May 23, quoted by Russian agencies.
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“
We received it not long ago.
We are studying
it,” he said, stressing that it was not currently under discussion between Russia and Italy.
“
When we finish studying it, we will say what we think about
it,” he added.
Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio announced on Friday that his country had proposed to the UN the formation of an "
international facilitation group
" to try to reach a "
step by step
" ceasefire in Ukraine. .
For Luigi Di Maio, the "
facilitation group
" proposed by the UN "
must try to rebuild the dialogue between two parties currently at war
".
A four-step plan
The details of this plan have not been published, but according to the Italian daily La Repubblica the very detailed document submitted to the UN and drawn up by diplomats from the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs provides for four stages.
The first consists of a ceasefire in Ukraine and the demilitarization of the front under UN supervision.
The second, negotiations on the status of Ukraine, which would enter the EU but not NATO.
And finally, the next two steps are: a bilateral agreement between Ukraine and Russia on Crimea and Donbass (these disputed territories would have full autonomy with the right to ensure their own security, but would be under Ukrainian sovereignty) and the conclusion of a multilateral peace and security agreement in Europe,
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On Sunday, Russian negotiator Vladimir Medinsky said Russia was ready to resume peace talks with Ukraine, saying their suspension was due to kyiv.
The day before, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stressed that the war could only be ended through "
diplomatic
" means.
Several meetings between negotiators from both sides have taken place but have yielded no concrete results.