Prague, May 4 (EFE) .- The Czech Republic and Ukraine distrust that the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, intends to end the war, as they declared this Sunday in Prague their respective heads of state, the Czech Petal Pavel and the Ukrainian Volodimir Zelenski.
“It makes no sense to declare a truce of one, two or three days, since it is not possible to initiate peace negotiations in such a short time,” President Czech president on two Kremlin initiatives of a short -term truce: last Easter and soon, on May 9, another on the occasion of the festivities for the end of World War II.
Pavel said that more important than declaring a truce is “who intends to maintain it”, and here he valued kyiv’s proposal to establish a 30 -day armistice, which would allow the beginning of peace negotiations.
“If someone declared his intention of a 30 -day truce, and unconditionally, it was Ukraine,” Pavel added, which also denounced an alleged lack of will in the agreement proposed by Putin.
“The only one who has in his hands all the letters to finish the war is President Putin, who can do it with a decision,” said the Czech leader.
“The truce is possible at any time, from today, and can last 30 days to leave space to diplomacy,” Zelenski reiterated, a posture announced days ago.
Zelenski referred to the Russian “hundred attacks” that his country lived during the alleged three -day truce around Easter, and said he does not trust a new truce, also three days, during the next festivities for the end of World War II.
He added that he has no “confidence” in the Russian government, but “if there is still someone who believes him, who tries to” convince him of a lasting truce.
During his visit to Prague, Zelenski will also meet with the prime minister, the conservative Petr Fiala, the heads of both parliamentary chambers, leaders of political parties and representatives of weapons companies.
On the first day of his official stay, the Ukrainian also received support for the adhesion negotiations to the EU and access to NATO.
“We are going to support Ukraine also in their entrance ambitions in the EU and, eventually, in NATO, since we consider a country with which we share long -term strategic values and interests as part of the same blocks as us and have the same opportunities that we had in the 90s,” said President Pavel after receiving Zelenski in Prague Castle. EFE
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