Putin says US-proposed list of points on Ukraine ‘form basis for future agreements’

By Anjali Sharma

WASHINGTON -Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that the US-proposed list of points on Ukraine could form a basis for future agreements, media reported

Putin said at a press conference in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan that “It would be impolite of me to talk about any final options now, since there are none. But some things are fundamental.”

He noted, the US side has in some ways taken into account the position of Russia, which was discussed before and after the August meeting between Putin and US President Donald Trump in the US state of Alaska, media reported.

“Somewhere we definitely need to sit down and seriously discuss some specific things,” Putin said.

“We need to put everything into diplomatic language because it’s one thing to state in general terms that Russia does not plan to attack Europe. Frankly, that sounds ridiculous. We never had any intention of doing that,” he said.

Putin added that the US-proposed 28-point peace plan was communicated to the Russian side through appropriate channels, and the Russian side has seen it.

The US peace plan was unveiled last week. The representatives from the US, Ukraine and several European countries met in Geneva on Sunday to discuss the plan.

They cut down the plan to 19 points but has not been made public, marked the latest shift in the ongoing diplomatic push to end the Ukraine crisis.