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Zelensky adviser: Netanyahu could serve as ‘effective mediator’ between Kyiv, Moscow

5 January 2023, 7:14 pm 0 Edit

File: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) speaks to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, during a signing ceremony following their talks in Kyiv, Ukraine, August 19, 2019. (AP Photo/ Efrem Lukatsky)

A senior adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky suggested that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could serve as a negotiator between Moscow and Kyiv.

“I have no doubt that Mr. Netanyahu could be an effective mediator,” Mykhailo Podolyak says in an interview with the Israeli i24 TV network. “Since he understands precisely what modern wars are, and what is the essence of mediation under these conditions.”

But Podolyak says that Moscow does not truly want negotiations, but only Ukraine’s surrender.

'Netanyahu could be an effective mediator between #Russia and #Ukraine'

In an i24NEWS Exclusive, #Zelensky Advisor @Podolyak_M says #Netanyahu can be an effective mediator when serious negotiations occur

Watch the full interview at 8pm Israel time on #TheRundown with @calev_i24 pic.twitter.com/NN24TllQqS

— i24NEWS English (@i24NEWS_EN) January 5, 2023