During a press briefing with Finnish President Alexander Stubb on Wednesday, Ukrainian President said recognition of occupied Ukrainian territory as Russian would be a 'red line' for peace negotiations.
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00:00and where war has been destroying lives in other countries.
00:04We want to protect our people from this,
00:07and thank the President for his readiness
00:10to work together with us on security guarantees.
00:13And we are also discussing specific,
00:16important steps with others in Europe
00:20on the ground and security guarantees
00:22inside and at sea to protect guarantees.
00:28Our integration in Europe and in the Euro-Atlantic area
00:33is absolutely important.
00:34As you said, that was the fourth step for your country
00:38to join NATO, but we must remember,
00:40NATO means that the capacity of our partners
00:44to have defense capabilities.
00:47As for the territories, this will probably
00:49be one of the most sensitive and difficult issues
00:52in the upcoming negotiations.
00:54The first step is still an unconditional ceasefire,
00:56even if there are some paths that still
00:58need to be taken to get there.
01:00For us, the red line is the recognition
01:02of the Ukrainian temporarily occupied territories
01:05as Russian.
01:06We will not go for it.