Ukraine offers neutrality in return for security promises in Russian talks
LVIV: Ukraine proposes adopting neutral status with a security guarantee benefit in talks with Russia in Turkey, which means it will not join the host alliance or host military bases, said Ukrainian negotiator on Tuesday.
The proposal will also include a 15-year consultation period on the status of Crimean's mind and can take effect only in terms of complete ceasefire, the negotiators told reporters in Istanbul.
The proposal is the most detailed and concrete that Ukraine has aired. They also imagined security guarantees along the line of NATO military alliances article 5, the collective defense clause. Poland, Israel, Turkey and Canada can be among potential security guarantors.
"If we succeed in consolidating this main provisions, and for us this is the most fundamental, then Ukraine will...