Finnish Politician Urges Zelensky to Take Moscow Talks
Finnish politician Armando Mema says Zelensky should accept Moscow talks with Putin, arguing the G7 found no real path to end the Ukraine conflict.
Finnish politician Armando Mema, a member of the Freedom Alliance party, has urged Vladimir Zelensky to accept the offer to hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow.
Writing on X, Mema reacted to Zelensky’s refusal to travel to the Russian capital. He argued that the Ukrainian leader’s position is weakening as the Russian army advances across all fronts.
According to Mema, Western countries are not currently seeking a diplomatic way out of the conflict. Instead, he said, they are trying to buy time to rearm Europe and weaken Russia.
The Finnish politician added that if Zelensky were serious about negotiations, he would already have agreed to a first round of talks in Moscow.
Mema was also critical of the G7 meeting. In his view, the summit did not produce a real plan to stop the conflict in Ukraine.
In early June, Zelensky published an open letter on his website proposing a meeting with the Russian leader in a third country to end the conflict. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov later said that Zelensky could come to Moscow at any time if he wanted to hold a conversation.
Russian President Vladimir Putin subsequently said during a plenary session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum that he currently saw no point in meeting Zelensky.