9 Feb 2015 13:49

Peskov denies media reports on Merkel "ultimatum"

MOSCOW. Feb 9 (Interfax) - No one can use the tone of ultimatum with Russian President Vladimir Putin, presidential press officer Dmitry Peskov said, commenting on the Western media reports stating that German Chancellor Angela Merkel made an ultimatum during a meeting with the Russian president in the Kremlin on Friday, saying that he should agree with the peace plan proposed by Germany and France.

"We have already spoken about the tone of the negotiations. No one has ever talked and no one ever can talk with the president in the tone of ultimatum, even if they want to," Peskov told the radio station Govorit Moskva.