Adviser to the President's Office Mykhailo Podoliak confirmed that he and the head of the Ukrainian delegation on negotiations with russia, Davyd Arahamiya, are ready to go to Mariupol to negotiate the evacuation of both civilians and Azov Regiment worriers.
He told about it on social networks.
Так. Без жодних умов. Готові провести спеціальний раунд переговорів у Маріуполі. Один на один. Два на два. Щоб забрати наших хлопців, азовців, військових, цивільних, дітей, живих і поранених. Усіх. Бо вони свої. Бо вони в моєму серці. Назавжди. Без варіантів.
— Михайло Подоляк (@Podolyak_M) April 20, 2022
Yes. Unconditionally. We are ready to hold a special round of negotiations in Mariupol. One to one. Two to two. To bring back our guys, Azov, military, civilians, children, alive and wounded. Everyone. Because they are our family. Because they are in my heart. Forever. No options," - Podoliak wrote on Twitter.
Arahamiya also emphasized that he is ready to negotiate with the russians on the evacuation. Furthermore, he said that the representatives of the Ukrainian delegation keep in contact with the Ukrainian forces in Mariupol.
"Today, in a conversation with the city's defenders, there was a suggestion to hold a negotiation round on evacuation of our military garrison directly on site. For our part, we are ready to join this kind of negotiations as soon as we receive confirmation from russia," - he wrote on the Telegram channel.
The deputy commander of the Azov Regiment, Captain Sviatoslav Palamar, recorded a video message where he said that he had talked to Podoliak and Arahamiya, and they said they were ready to come to Mariupol to negotiate with russians on the evacuation of the garrison that remains on site.