The Ukrainian diplomacy is convinced that the U.S. will go for no compromises with Russia on Ukraine.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine is preparing negotiations between the presidents of Ukraine and the United States, Volodymyr Zelensky and Joe Biden.
The two leaders will talk ahead of the summit of the U.S. President and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, which is scheduled for June 16, says Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Yevhen Yenin, Ukraine 24 reports.
At the talks with Putin, Biden will primarily defend American interests, Yenin has stressed.
"First of all, the president of the United States, by definition, will be on the side of the U.S. interests, but the trick is that in this aspect our bilateral interests coincide virtually 100%. As we have already said, we have an extremely trustful dialogue with our American partners, and Putin's meeting with Biden will be preceded by contacts between our president and the American president," Yenin said.
He stressed that the foreign ministry is "carefully preparing" the agenda, as well as agreeing on the organizational issues of the upcoming contacts between Zelensky and Biden.
"That's why we are more than confident that our American partners will maintain a fairly clear and tough line they have adhered to in relations with our state in their contacts with the aggressor from the very beginning of the Ukrainian-Russian war in 2014. There can simply be no compromises on this issue as such," Yenin said.
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