[News] "Ukraine does not trade its territories": kyiv to Lula on the Crimean peninsula

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Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleg Nikolenko said Friday that Ukraine "does not trade with its territories," in response to Brazilian President Luis Inácio Lula da Silva's suggestion that Kiev renounce Crimea to stop the war. .

"Ukraine appreciates the efforts of the President of Brazil to find a solution to put an end to Russian aggression," Nikolenko said on his Facebook account. "At the same time we have to make it clear: Ukraine does not trade with its territories," added the Ukrainian ministerial spokesman.

Nikolenko also wrote that "there is no legal, political or moral reason why we should give up a single inch of Ukrainian territory," and reaffirmed that Ukraine stands by its position on this issue.

"Any mediation effort to restore peace in Ukraine must be based on respect for the sovereignty and full recovery of Ukraine's territorial integrity, following the principles of the UN Charter," Nikolenko stressed.

On Thursday, the Brazilian president had suggested that Ukraine cede the Crimean peninsula to Russia to facilitate an end to the war, and stated that Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelensky "cannot want everything."

“(Russian President Vladimir) Putin cannot keep the territory of Ukraine. Maybe Crimea will be discussed. But what has invaded again has to be rethought”, Lula also said in a meeting with journalists at the Planalto presidential palace in Brasilia.

Lula formulated at the end of January a proposal for mediation in the conflict in Ukraine by a group of countries. The Brazilian leader plans to present this project to his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, in Beijing next week.

The Brazilian head of state said he is confident in the chances of success of this project, and hopes that the group of countries can be created upon his return from China.

Russia has said on several occasions in recent days that peace talks are impossible in the current context, and has assured that it will maintain its military operation in Ukraine.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov insisted on Friday that peace talks on Ukraine should be based on a "new world order" free from US domination.

 

https://www.elespectador.com/mundo/europa/ucrania-no-comercia-sus-territorios-kiev-a-lula-sobre-peninsula-de-crimea/