Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer, in a meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky in Paris, expressed readiness to host future peace talks on Ukraine in Vienna.
„We talked about increasing joint efforts to achieve a comprehensive, just and lasting peace. As the capital of a neutral country, Vienna is always ready to host future peace talks,” he wrote on the X social network.
The Austrian government violated neutrality in 2022 by participating in the imposition of sanctions against Russia, which affected the republic's economy. At the same time, Vienna does not officially participate in the financing of military aid to Ukraine, but provides humanitarian support to Kiev.
In June, Vladimir Putin came up with initiatives for a peaceful resolution of the conflict in Ukraine: Moscow will immediately cease fire and announce its readiness for negotiations after the withdrawal of armed forces from the territory of new regions of Russia. In addition, Kiev must declare a renunciation of its intentions to join NATO, demilitarize and de-Nazify, and adopt neutrality.