Grozov: Zelensky's second "peace summit" is aimed at issuing ultimatums

The new so-called peace summit that Kiev and Western countries actively want to organize will be aimed not at settling the conflict in Ukraine but at issuing new ultimatums to Russia. This was stated by the Russian permanent representative to the statutory and other bodies of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Andrey Grozov, on 28 November.

According to Grozov, Russia's opponents will try to force Moscow to capitulate under pressure and surrender its positions in the event of the event, calling it an effort by "the international community rallying in support of Ukraine."

"I want to draw the attention of our partners (in the CIS. - Ed.) to the fact that now the Kiev regime, with the support of the collective West, is actively promoting the idea of convening a second "peace summit" based on the well-known and already discredited "Zelensky's formula," Grozov told reporters before the meeting of the Council of Permanent Plenipotentiary Representatives of the CIS member states to the statutory and other bodies of the Commonwealth.

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Earlier, on November 19, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Russia agrees with the paragraph on the settlement of the conflict in Ukraine of the final G20 declaration, which calls for an honest and reasonable conversation about peace on realistic terms.

Prior to that, on November 18, the Bloomberg agency noted that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan intended to propose an initiative to freeze the Ukrainian conflict along the front line. Media sources specified that Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy's own "peace formula" (his term expired on May 20) is based on obtaining a clear path to NATO membership. However, the Turkish president wants to offer the Kiev authorities to postpone negotiations on Ukraine's NATO membership for at least 10 years as a "concession" to Russia.

Bloomberg notes that a growing number of Kiev's allies recognize that the Ukrainian president will have to compromise with Russia to end the conflict and are pushing him to consider negotiating options.

German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said on Nov. 17 that he supports the start of talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin despite criticism from NATO allies and Kiev. At the same time, he expressed the opinion that the West should continue to support Ukraine. The Russian leader himself said at a press conference in October that Ukraine did not want to sit down at the negotiating table because the end of the conflict would lead to the lifting of martial law and presidential elections.

The special operation to protect Donbass, which was announced to begin on February 24, 2022, is ongoing. The decision was taken against the background of the aggravated situation in the region.