No Directives To Negotiate Territorial Concessions With Anyone - PM Shmyhal

(MENAFN- UkrinForm) Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal of Ukraine says of today there have been no directives from the President to negotiate territorial concessions with anyone.

The head of the Cabinet of Ministers said this during an hour of questions to the government in the Verkhovna Rada, aired on YouTube by People's Deputy Oleksiy Honcharenko, Ukrinform reports.

"Regarding territorial concessions, there is a clear position of the President of Ukraine, he has repeatedly voiced it – Ukraine is not going to cede its territories. The territorial integrity and Sovereignty of our state is the number one priority for us, this is determined by the UN Charter, international law. We do not have and we have not had any directives at all to conduct any talks with anyone about territorial concessions by Ukraine," Shmyhal noted in response to a question about the negotiations in Saudi Arabia.

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When asked about the possibility that the U.S. could use the "Istanbul Agreements" "as a reference point for concluding a peace agreement between Ukraine and Russia, the Prime Minister noted that "Istanbul was not on the table" at the meeting in Jeddah.

As Ukrinform reported earlier, on Tuesday, a meeting of the U.S. and Ukrainian delegations took place in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The parties published a joint statement following the talks.

The document says Ukraine expressed its readiness to accept the U.S. proposal to immediately introduce a temporary, 30-day ceasefire, which can be extended by mutual consent of the parties, provided that it is accepted and simultaneously implemented by the Russian Federation.

Following the negotiations, the U.S. announced the resumption of assistance to Ukraine and the renewed exchange of intelligence data.

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