Ukraine's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Andriy Melnyk, has commented on Volodymyr Zelensky's position regarding a possible meeting with Vladimir Putin, infohub.kz reports.
Speaking at a UN Security Council meeting in New York, Melnyk stressed that Ukraine remains fully committed to the search for peace.
"The President of Ukraine is ready to meet with Putin at the first opportunity — in Florida in December, on the sidelines of the G20 summit, or anywhere else in the world if necessary, even in Antarctica — anywhere but Moscow," Ukraine's UN envoy Andriy Melnyk said.
According to him, Putin is still deluded in believing he can break Ukraine's will and force Ukrainians to capitulate.
Earlier, Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov said in an interview with the Vesti news agency that Vladimir Putin was ready to answer a possible call from Volodymyr Zelensky. According to Ushakov, the Russian leader has never refused dialogue.
After that, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he saw no point in inviting Russian President Vladimir Putin to Kyiv or calling him.