“LNR” head offered Zelensky to “negotiate” in Luhansk

Separatists say that direct negotiations should be the first step towards peace in Donbass. The head of the Luhansk People’s Republic Leonid Pasechnik invited the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky to Lugansk “for direct talks to achieve peace in Donbass”, reported separatist-controlled media. The statement of the “LNR” head says that “today the main task of the parties is to stop shooting, take heavy weapons away and sit down at the negotiating table.” “I believe we need to stop this, and this can only be achieved through direct talks. So, please welcome, let him come, we will surely provide security”, said Pasechnik. Direct talks, according to Pasechnik, “should be the first step towards peace in Donbass.” “This is our main task, this is our main requirement that Volodymyr Zelensky and all Ukrainian authorities represented by him finally hear the voice of Donbass and sit at the negotiating table, direct talks with representatives of Donbass, he stressed. Korrespondent.net