People's rights are priority in territorial dispute regarding Ukraine conflict — Putin

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The territorial issues are understood differently by both sides, the Russian president said

MOSCOW, November 12. /TASS/. The territorial issue in the Ukrainian conflict is a matter of great dispute, but for Russia, the people who live there and their right to live according to their own traditions, are the most important thing, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday.

"We do know that the territorial issues are understood differently by both sides," Putin said at his meeting with US special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner in the Kremlin.

"For us, the people who live there, their traditions, culture, the right to live by their own rules and the right to live in accordance with their traditional values are the biggest thing," he added.

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