Negotiations lasted 18 months.
British officials conducted secret negotiations with Kremlin representatives. They, in particular, talked about global security against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine.
Sky News writes about this.
As the publication reports, secret meetings took place in various places, including Vienna and New York.
“Britain did not conduct any active peace negotiations aimed at a diplomatic settlement of the war in Ukraine. The information was also confirmed by a senior British diplomat who took part in some of these meetings,” the report said.
A spokesperson for the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office noted that meetings with officials allegedly did take place, but only when they were “absolutely necessary.”
He rejected the assertion that the discussions concerned negotiations on ending the war on the territory of Ukraine.
We previously reported that when Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered in April 2022 to block the Azovstal plant held by Ukrainian troops, a small group of representatives of Ukraine and the Russian Federation began secret negotiations to end the siege.
On the eve of the ex-chairman of the Munich Security Conference, Wolfgang Ischinger, announced the need to begin forming a contact group that will prepare the upcoming negotiations between Ukraine and the Russian Federation to end the war, but only Kiev can determine the start of the negotiations.
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