{"id":16221,"date":"2022-02-15T07:53:11","date_gmt":"2022-02-15T07:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailykashmirpost.com\/eng\/?p=16221"},"modified":"2022-02-15T07:53:11","modified_gmt":"2022-02-15T07:53:11","slug":"russia-keeps-door-open-for-diplomacy-as-ukraine-hints-at-concessions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailykashmirpost.com\/eng\/2022\/02\/15\/russia-keeps-door-open-for-diplomacy-as-ukraine-hints-at-concessions\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia keeps door open for diplomacy as Ukraine hints at concessions"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><\/h1>\n<div class=\"content-area\" data-io-article-url=\"https:\/\/www.geo.tv\/latest\/399223-russia-keeps-door-open-for-diplomacy-as-ukraine-hints-at-concessions\">\n<ul>\n<li>Ukrainian envoy says concessions available, but not on NATO bid.<\/li>\n<li>Major share markets rattled, oil surges to nine-year high.<\/li>\n<li>Germany&#8217;s Scholz in Kyiv, then Moscow on Tuesday.<\/li>\n<li>G7 says invasion will trigger &#8216;massive&#8217; economic reprisals.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr class=\"editorHr\" \/>\n<p>MOSCOW\/KYIV: Russia suggested on Monday that it was ready to keep talking to the West to try to defuse a security crisis in which it has massed a huge force within striking distance of Ukraine, while a Ukrainian official said Kyiv was prepared to make concessions to Moscow.<\/p>\n<p>In a televised exchange, President Vladimir Putin was shown asking his foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, whether there was a chance of an agreement to address Russia&#8217;s security concerns, or whether it was just being dragged into tortuous negotiations.<\/p>\n<p>Lavrov replied: &#8220;We have already warned more than once that we will not allow endless negotiations on questions that demand a solution today.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But he added: &#8220;It seems to me that our possibilities are far from exhausted &#8230; At this stage, I would suggest continuing and building them up.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Washington has Russia could invade Ukraine &#8220;any day now&#8221;, and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday called the situation &#8220;very, very dangerous&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Russia has positioned more than 100,000 troops near to Ukraine&#8217;s borders but denies planning to invade, accusing the West of hysteria.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the day, the Group of Seven large Western economies (G7) had warned Russia of &#8220;massive&#8221; economic consequences if it did invade, and promised Kyiv swift support<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukrainian envoy says concessions available, but not on NATO bid. Major share markets rattled, oil surges to nine-year high. Germany&#8217;s Scholz in Kyiv, then Moscow on Tuesday. G7 says invasion will trigger &#8216;massive&#8217; economic reprisals. MOSCOW\/KYIV: Russia suggested on Monday that it was ready to keep talking to the West to try to defuse a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16222,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-16221","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-international"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailykashmirpost.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailykashmirpost.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailykashmirpost.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailykashmirpost.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailykashmirpost.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16221"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailykashmirpost.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16221\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16223,"href":"https:\/\/dailykashmirpost.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16221\/revisions\/16223"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailykashmirpost.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailykashmirpost.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailykashmirpost.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailykashmirpost.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}