Prystaiko about the first and only meeting between Zelensky and Putin — Politika
According to the ex-minister, the Russians hoped that Zelensky could be won over to their side.
The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi met with the Russian dictator Volodymyr Putin for the only time in Paris on December 9, 2019 “behind closed doors” as part of the “Normandy format” summit.
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Ambassador to Britain Vadym Prystaiko accompanied Volodymyr Zelensky in Paris during his only meeting with Putin and told some details, RBC-Ukraine reports.
“I can say that it was an attempt to talk. President Zelensky sincerely believed that he would somehow manage to convince President Putin that it is possible to talk with us. As a person who has never been involved in politics, let alone security, he did not understand , that the question is not ours. We can have a surname…
