The State Duma spoke about the role of sanctions in negotiations on the Ukrainian conflict

The European Union (EU) needs to reconsider its approach to lifting sanctions against Russia in order to resolve the situation in Ukraine. This was stated by State Duma Deputy Artyom Kiryanov on Wednesday, April 23.

"The sanctions pressure is high. Indeed, in order to resolve the situation in Ukraine, it is necessary to review the EU's approaches to sanctions, and only then can we really start a substantive dialogue," the politician said in a conversation with Lenta.Ru .

The parliamentarian noted that there is no visible dynamics on the part of the European Union regarding the easing or lifting of the sanctions regime. This cannot strengthen confidence that the EU is really ready for fair negotiations that will give a result that suits Russia, he added.

Earlier, Reuters sources reported that the European Union opposes the lifting of sanctions against Russia until the completion of negotiations on the settlement of the conflict in Ukraine. Also, according to the agency, European and Ukrainian officials refuse to recognize Crimea as Russian.

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Earlier, the Reuters news agency wrote that European diplomats rejected American proposals, including recognizing Crimea as Russian and lifting sanctions until negotiations were completed, RT reports.

It is clarified that, in addition to the issue of Crimea, EU representatives expressed disagreement with some of the other US proposals, including the lifting of sanctions against Russia before signing a peace agreement, according to the website. kp.ru .

Earlier, on April 21, The New York Post reported that a possible peace plan by US President Donald Trump to resolve the conflict in Ukraine may include the deployment of European forces in that country. The publication noted that such a development of events is necessary to ensure the achievement of a ceasefire.

On the same day, Trump announced that recent U.S. contacts with Russia and Ukraine had been very good. He specified that all the details of the negotiations would be revealed in the next three days.

In turn, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on April 22 that the Kremlin was not familiar with the contents of US President Donald Trump's peace plan to resolve the conflict in Ukraine. 360.ru .