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The unconditional response to Russian demands .. Russia's condition to stop the invasion
Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed in a phone call with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron that "The unconditional response to Russian demands .. Russia's condition to stop the invasion is ready for dialogue with Ukraine if it responded unconditionally to Russia's well-known demands."
The Kremlin said in a statement that the two presidents had a telephone conversation on Sunday at the initiative of the French side. "In light of the concern expressed by President Macron about ensuring the security of nuclear power plants in Ukraine. President Putin informed his French counterpart in detail about the provocation carried out by Ukrainian militants in the area of the nuclear power plant in Zaporizhzhia with the participation of a sabotage group," the statement said.
"Attempts to hold the Russian military responsible for this incident are part of the brazen propaganda campaign. The Russian forces, in cooperation with the Ukrainian guard unit and cadres, still ensure the normal operation of the nuclear power plant, and the radioactive background remains normal. All these facts have been officially confirmed by the International Atomic Energy Agency, the physical and nuclear security of the plant is well protected," the statement said.
"The Russian armed forces also control the Chernobyl nuclear power plant to exclude the possibility of provocations, fraught with catastrophic consequences, made by Ukrainian neo-Nazis or terrorists," it continued.
"About the proposal made by the Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency to hold a trilateral (IAEA-Russia-Ukraine) meeting in the Chernobyl zone to work out a mechanism for ensuring the safety of nuclear facilities in Ukraine, President Putin said that this idea could be useful in general, but it would be worth considering holding such a meeting via teleconference or in a third country," he pointed out.
The statement said that the Russian and French presidents discussed issues of evacuating civilians from areas of military engagements. Putin drew attention to the fact that Kyiv still does not fulfil the agreements reached on this acute humanitarian issue.
"Despite the regime of silence announced by Russia on March 5 for the exit of civilians and foreign citizens from Mariupol and Volnovakha, the Ukrainian nationalists did not allow the withdrawal from these two cities, and again used the pause in hostilities only in order to mobilize forces and means in their positions, and offered to the French President again to work actively with the authorities in Kyiv in order to implement the rules of international humanitarian law," explained the statement.
About the situation between the Russian and Ukrainian delegations, Putin told Macron Russia is ready to have dialogues with Ukraine if it responded unconditionally to Russia's demands. The Kremlin stressed that “the most important point is for the Ukrainian side to deal seriously with reaching agreements whose implementation is important for the cessation of hostilities.” The Russian president and his French counterpart agreed to continue contacts between their two countries at various levels to follow up on the Ukrainian-Russian crisis.
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