Zelensky opposed to freezing conflict with Russia, doesn't rule out meeting with Putin

KYIV. May 4 (Interfax-Ukraine) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has spoken against freezing the conflict with Russia and hasn't ruled out his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Speaking at the Wall Street Journal CEO Council Summit on Tuesday evening, Zelensky said that he was not satisfied with the current state of affairs and that a status quo implies "a frozen conflict."

"We won't agree to a frozen conflict," he said.

The Minsk Agreements earlier led to a frozen conflict, Zelensky said. "I object to this, there'll be no such a document for sure," he said.

"We didn't withdraw from Minsk [the Minsk Agreements], it's Russia that withdrew from it on February 24. They withdrew from it, and Ukraine certainly won't be drawn into this mire again," he said.

"If I have a meeting with President Putin, then we might possibly come to some arrangement personally," Zelensky said.

Speaking of the Russian-Ukrainian negotiations, which have continued in a videoconference format since the last in-person meeting in Istanbul, Zelensky confirmed that "the groups have been communicating at the level of negotiators."

"However, I don't really believe in such agreements. It's important to speak, but I don't see enough weight in such agreements until the Russian president himself speaks officially," he said.