Putin, Macron and Scholz agree on the need to reactivate the peace talks

MADRID, 28 May. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The chancellor of Germany, Olaf Scholz, and the presidents of France and Russia, Vladimir Putin and Emmanuel Macron, have agreed on the need to reactivate the peace talks with the kyiv authorities during the telephone conversation they had this Saturday about the invasion Ukrainian Russian.

"Special attention has been paid to the state of the negotiation. Putin has confirmed that the Russian side is open to resuming dialogue," according to the statement from the Kremlin press service, collected by Tass. The Russian government, in the same note, again accuses Ukraine of "freezing" the talks.

According to the Kremlin, Putin has assured both European leaders that Russian forces are dedicating themselves to "establishing peace" in the territories that Russia has conquered in eastern Ukraine, especially the city of Mariupol, where "the Russian Armed Forces strictly observe the norms of International Humanitarian Law."

The Russian president, however, has pointed out the "dangerous nature" of the continued pumping of Western weapons into Ukraine. "Equipping Ukraine with Western weapons destabilizes the situation and would exacerbate the humanitarian crisis," Putin said.

Finally, the Russian president has declared himself willing to "seek ways to guarantee the export of Ukrainian grain" to alleviate the needs of the countries that usually receive it in the form of food aid.