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Kiev (dpa) — Ukraine will not accept “peace at any price” in its war with Russia, Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha told parliament in Kiev on Friday, according to media reports.
“We will not agree to recognize any temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine as Russian,” Sybiha said.
He added that Ukraine would not agree to any restrictions on the structure or size of its armed forces, reductions in its defence industry or limitations on foreign military aid or the presence of foreign troops in Ukraine – all preconditions set by Russia for a possible peace deal.
Sybiha indicated that Ukraine was sticking to its plans to join NATO. Ukraine would not accept any limitation of any kind on its sovereignty or its domestic or foreign policy, specifically not on its alliances, he said.
Ukraine would work actively to join NATO, even if there was currently no consensus on the issue among alliance members. Neither Russia nor other countries would have a veto in this regard, he said.
The US administration has been floating the possibility of recognizing the Crimean peninsula as Russian territory and freezing the conflict along the current frontline.
Russia has formally annexed Crimea and a number of Ukrainian regions in violation of international law. It has also rejected Ukrainian membership of NATO.
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