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Ukraine is ready to change the Constitution in the direction of decentralization according to the Minsk agreements, but not on the terms of Russia.
President Vladimir Zelensky spoke about this in an interview with The New York Times, OP’s press service reports. The guarantor noted that neither the accords nor the “Normandy format” contain anything about Ukraine’s membership in NATO.
“With regard to changes to the Constitution in the direction of decentralization, we say: this is in accordance with the Minsk agreements, we are ready for this. Change the Constitution in the direction that we sometimes hear in the media of the Russian Federation: here you know my position, I told Putin directly that I do not agree here.“, – stressed the head of state.
Zelensky added that Ukraine is making all the changes according to Minsk as part of the decentralization in the Constitution.
“I understand that we want separate powers, the right to choose, for no one to speculate on language issues, for the residents of Donbass to speak however they want, please, for all these things, I think we should be as liberal as possible … I said this to the president of the Russian Federation at a meeting in the “Normandy format”. We will do this, whatever happens. We want people on the ground to have more authority, more options, to manage the money and not receive tasks from the central government. that are constantly descending ”, he explained.
The president stressed that the commitments in the negotiations are normal, because without them the war will not end.
“But there must be logic everywhere. There must be logic in all actions, in all commitments. Logic and result,” he summarized.
As OBOZREVATEL reported, President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Russia and the United States should negotiate peace in Donbass with Ukraine.
