ST. PETERSBURG, August 4. /TASS/. Moscow is ready to hold talks on Ukraine if Western countries adopt a constructive and responsible approach, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin told TASS on the sidelines of the Third Russia-Kazakhstan Media Forum.
He added, however, that Russia had yet to receive substantive proposals from Western countries regarding the Ukraine issue.
TASS has compiled the key remarks made by the senior Russian diplomat.
Readiness for talks
Russia is open to negotiations on Ukraine: "We are always ready for talks, and we remain open to a negotiated settlement, as we have repeatedly demonstrated. It is the other side - Ukraine - that has either withdrawn from negotiations or imposed a ban on itself from engaging in talks, behaving inconsistently, to put it mildly."
