Ukraine says Russia talks ‘very difficult’

By AFP 25 March 2022, 6:47 pm

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Ukraine's negotiation team (left) meets with the Russian delegation for talks in Belarus, close to the Polish-Belarusian border, March 7, 2022. (Maxim Guchek/BelTA Pool Photo via AP)

Ukraine says that talks with Moscow were “very difficult” and vowed not to back down on its demands, more than a month into Russia’s invasion.

“The negotiation process is very difficult,” Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba says. “The Ukrainian delegation has taken a strong position and does not relinquish its demands. We insist, first of all, on a ceasefire, security guarantees and territorial integrity of Ukraine,” he adds.