Berlusconi invited the EU to convince Kiev to accept Russia's peace conditions

Europe must convince Kiev to accept the demands put forward by Moscow and personally by Russian President Vladimir Putin, said the politician. EU countries need to join forces and develop proposals for a settlement, he said.

Europe must convince the Ukrainian authorities to accept Russia's terms in the peace talks, former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said, Libero Quatidiano reports.

“It is necessary to achieve peace as soon as possible <...>. I believe that Europe should join forces to put forward a peace proposal for [Russian President Vladimir] Putin and the Ukrainians, trying to convince the Ukrainians to accept Putin's questions,” he said.

Prior to this, Berlusconi expressed the opinion that neither in Europe nor in the world there are politicians capable of negotiating with Moscow.

In negotiations with Ukraine, RUSSIA is seeking a neutral status for it and Kiev's refusal to join NATO. Moscow also wants Kyiv to recognize the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR) as independent states, and Crimea as a Russian region.

The day before, on May 19, the newspaper La Repubblica, citing the document, reported that Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio handed over Rome's proposals for a peaceful settlement in Ukraine to UN Secretary General António Guterres. Excerpts from the project, cited by the Huffington Post and Open Online, said the plan had four stages:

a ceasefire in Ukraine and the demilitarization of the front line under UN supervision; negotiations on the status of Ukraine, which involve the country's accession to the EU, but not joining NATO; a bilateral agreement between Ukraine and Russia on Crimea and Donbass: at the suggestion of the Italian authorities, the "disputed territories" will have full autonomy with the right to independently ensure their security, but sovereignty over the regions will belong to Kyiv; the conclusion of a multilateral agreement on peace and security in Europe, which will cover the issues of disarmament and arms control, conflict prevention and confidence-building measures.

After that, in accordance with the plan, Russian troops must leave the territory of Ukraine.

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The Italian Foreign Ministry announced the transfer of the settlement plan in Ukraine to the UN Politics

Italy also sent a list of proposals to the G7 countries (in addition to Italy, the group includes the UK, Germany, CANADA, France, Japan and the usa ).

Rome proposed to form an international group whose members would have to monitor compliance with the plan (it was proposed to include representatives from Italy, France, Germany, Turkey, the USA, CHINA , Canada, Great Britain, Poland, Israel and other countries, the full list is still unknown). Also, the EU, the UN and other international organizations were supposed to join the process.

The transfer of the plan a day later was confirmed by the deputy HEAD of the Italian Foreign Ministry, Manlio Di Stefano.

In the Kremlin, after reports appeared of the transmission of proposals by Italy, they said they did not know the details of the plan. At the same time, the press secretary of the Russian president, Dmitry Peskov, supported the Italian initiative, and said that Moscow would not reject the "sincere efforts" of those who could help resolve the situation in Ukraine.

In turn, the head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrell, at a briefing following the meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council on Development, said that he supported Rome's proposals, but noted that Kyiv should make the final decision on the terms of a peaceful settlement.