In the current situation, peace is needed, and not a truce with Ukraine, Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday.
"We are all in a certain situation right now when peace is needed, as President [of Russia Vladimir] Putin constantly talks about, and not a truce," Medvedev said at the St. Petersburg International Legal Forum.
Russia is ready to negotiate with Ukraine without preconditions, the official added.
"Russia has repeatedly said this — we are ready to negotiate without preconditions, but taking into account the realities on the ground and the proposals that have been formulated. And such negotiations can make it possible to find peace," Medvedev said.
Guarantees of long-term peace, preferably for centuries, are needed now and can only be contained in legal norms, Dmitry Medvedev said.
"We need long-term international legal guarantees that would eliminate the root cause of the conflict and prevent its recurrence. And such guarantees can only be contained in the norms of law," Medvedev said at the plenary session of the St. Petersburg International Legal Forum, adding that conflict resolution procedures should be developed to achieve long-term peace.
Medvedev has also called the lack of persons authorized to conclude peace treaties in Ukraine a big problem, adding that legal acts that the current Kiev leadership may adopt, new Ukrainian authorities may later recognize as null and void, and then the war will start again.
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