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Arakhamia called to launch a permanent negotiation format and spoke about seeking contacts within Putin’s circle
The head of the Servant of the People faction, David Arakhamia, stated that results can only be achieved by launching a permanent negotiation format.
He said this during a discussion at the Yalta European Strategy (YES).
“The only way is to start a systematic, regular negotiation process in one single place, with the same people participating who meet regularly,” Arakhamia said.
He acknowledged that for people who suffer daily from attacks, such an approach may initially cause frustration, but it is this approach that lays the foundation for results.
“Sometimes negotiations do not yield results, but I would not say that you start completely from scratch each time. You start from something, you develop some understanding and some connections,” he noted.
Separately, Arakhamia emphasized the fundamental difference between Ukrainian and Russian decision-making systems.
“It seems to me that the whole world now suffers because of a single issue. Everything depends on one person. On one single person. Unfortunately. Ukraine is a democratic country. Ukraine has civil society. Ukraine has many political forces. So in Ukraine you cannot depend on one single opinion. And in Russia it is completely different,” he said.
He also said that the Ukrainian side is trying to involve all possible contacts in the process — the Middle East, the BRICS countries, European countries.
Arakhamia described his own strategy as a negotiator as seeking access to people in Putin’s inner circle.
“My personal strategy as a negotiator is to identify all the people who go into Putin’s office and talk to each of them. Because, as in any war, there are people of peace and people of war. Unfortunately, at the moment Putin is surrounded only by people of war,” he said.
“The more people around Putin who are inclined toward peace, the greater the chances that we will obtain a justified peace that we all seek,” Arakhamia added.
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