President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky in an interview with Agence France-Presse, Reuters and Associated Press noted that the head of the Russian Federation deliberately does not want to meet with him to discuss ways to end the war and delays this problem with various issues, including the Russian language and the Church. According to the president, first, we need to stop the war, and then talk about these issues.
The interview was distributed by the official website of the head of state.
"When people want to end the war, normalize relations, they say: yes, God be with her, with that agenda, let's meet, let's go... President Putin said that he is ready for a meeting, and I believe that there will be a meeting. Today, I do not know the reasons, but they are too delayed. But delaying the issue cannot be solved. I have a very open position here: if you want respect for the Russian language, respect Ukrainian. We want respect for schools," Volodymyr Zelensky said.
"Росією Russia and I are already adults. We understand what we should do behind what. So when they talk about the church or the language, I think: we are at war. Let's solve the question – what comes first? There are specifics: we will end the war, we want to improve relations. How much can it last? The entire generations will (suffer. - Ed.). Whether they want it or not is will become clear later. That's what we're talking about," the president stressed.