LONDON: Russia has not but demonstrated it’s severe about peace talks with Ukraine and seems to be utilizing negotiations as a tactic to play for time, a Western official mentioned on Tuesday, including the hope was nonetheless {that a} ceasefire may very well be agreed ultimately.
“By way of the negotiations, nothing that we have now seen up to now has demonstrated to us that President (Vladimir) Putin and his colleagues are notably severe about that, it is extra of a tactical train in taking part in for time,” the Western official.
The official, talking on situation of anonymity, added that talks have been “nonetheless one of the best ways ahead in the end”.
“We might hope that at some stage it could turn into actual and result in a ceasefire… We’re sceptical that it’s actual simply but. However, we do wish to see a ceasefire which can emerge in the end from a negotiation,” the official mentioned.
“By way of the negotiations, nothing that we have now seen up to now has demonstrated to us that President (Vladimir) Putin and his colleagues are notably severe about that, it is extra of a tactical train in taking part in for time,” the Western official.
The official, talking on situation of anonymity, added that talks have been “nonetheless one of the best ways ahead in the end”.
“We might hope that at some stage it could turn into actual and result in a ceasefire… We’re sceptical that it’s actual simply but. However, we do wish to see a ceasefire which can emerge in the end from a negotiation,” the official mentioned.
