Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin has commented on the possibility of cutting diplomatic relations with Russia, Radio Liberty reported.
Ukraine's top diplomat believes such a step will lower the level of protection of Ukrainians who are now living and working in Russia, according to Radio Liberty.
According to him, "there are no diplomatic relations with Russia in terms of content". He explained that diplomats were talking to Russia only about the release of political prisoners and during the meetings in the Normandy format.
"There are no more topics, even in international platforms. What kind of discussion topics can we have with the aggressor? There are no ambassadors. What are our diplomatic relations? It's just some kind of framework to take care of our citizens," Klimkin said.
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