Putin is open to talks with all European leaders, including Merz. This was announced by the press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov.
Additional statements by Dmitry Peskov:
- After the negotiations in Abu Dhabi, there is still no vision in which format communication with the Europeans will be built.
- It cannot be said that Russia, the United States and China at the APEC summit will discuss the settlement of the Ukrainian conflict without Kyiv.
Contacts between Moscow and the American side will continue.
Peskov called it clear that Armenia does not participate in the work of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, and the CSTO will respond to this.
- There is no dichotomy of Yerevan's participation in the organization's activities.
– Pashinyan repeatedly repeated that Armenia has lost interest in participating in the CSTO.