On Wednesday evening, the press service of the Kremlin reported that the Russian President Vladimir Putin held a telephone conversation with the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
BBC reports that these negotiations were to take place two days earlier, but they had to postpone them, because on Monday, the British Premiere had to urgently answer questions from the parliamentary parties about the parties held in the location of Downing Street. On Tuesday, Johnson visited Kiev, where he met Vladimir Zelensky and urged Russia to take troops from Ukrainian borders.
According to the administration of the Presidential President of Russia, Johnson and Putin discussed the situation around Ukraine and security guarantees, which Russia demands from Western countries, Russian President drew “attention to chronic sabotage Kiev Minsk agreements.”
“NATO noted adequately to respond to substantiated Russian concerns, hiding behind the references to the so-called” open door “policy of the Alliance, contrary to the fundamental principle of security,” the Kremlin says.
In turn, Downing Street reports that Johnson “expressed deep concern about the last hostile actions of Russia at the border of Ukraine.” “He stressed the need to find a way, respecting both the territorial integrity of Ukraine and its right to self-defense,” said the representative of the Prime Minister. Johnson also told Putin that “any further invasion of Russia to the Ukrainian territory will be a tragic error.”
At the same time, according to the statement of the British government, “the leaders agreed that no one is interested in exacerbation.” “The Prime Minister stressed the importance of dialogue and diplomacy, as well as the need to include Ukraine in negotiations,” Dowuning Street reports.