Putin and Green Sent Delegations to Istanbul – BBC News in Serbian

Kiev and Moscow could be found for the negotiating table for the first time since March 2022. years, immediately after the beginning of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Although the meeting announced for 15. May should come on Friday, said the source from the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs France Pres (AFP).

« We’ll talk in different formats on Friday, » an unnamed official said, adding that the « trilateral meeting between Russia, Ukraine and Turkey » on the agenda.

The presidents of Ukraine and Russia could be happy at the meeting in Istanbul, but the delegations could still be sent.

The Ukrainian delegation is led by the Minister of Defense, confirmed the Green, despite lower ranking officials of the Russian delegation, led by Vladimir Medin, the Advisor to the President and the two Deputy Ministers.

Russia wants to achieve « long-lasting peace » during negotiations with Ukraine, and will happen « by removing the causes of conflict, » Medin.

There will be no agreement on temporary suspension of fire if the two sides do not agree on the unique and joint strategy for the conclusion of the final peace, an assistant Russian president of Vladimir Putin, added, Transportation Agency TAS.

Russia wants a « constructive solution » and is ready to discuss « possible compromises », claims median in addressing the media in Istanbul.

Hakan Fidan, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey, received the Russian delegation of Vladimir Medin in the evening on Thursday night.

Previously, Ukrainian President Vladimir Green Greenski listed from Ankara, where he met with Turkish counterpart Rexhesk Erdogan, from where he called Putin to meet live and talk.

Greenski accused Moscow that there was no serious intention to contract the truce, and the delegation of Russia in Istanbul described as « replacements that inflamed the place of the main actors. »

In Antalya, Turkey’s port in the Mediterranean, a third meeting was held, where NATO members participated, where the US Head of Diplomacy Marko Rubio met with European colleagues.

Rubio introduced the Minister of Foreign Affairs of European countries with Donald Tramp’s efforts to reach a truce in Ukraine, adding that the role of Europe is in the negotiations « Key ».

« I have no great expectations from negotiations in Istanbul, » Rubio said after NATO meeting.

He said he was expecting a big shift until Putin and American President Donald Tramp meet.

Tramp, which is on tour in the Middle East, suggested the same – that significant progress in peace talks about Ukraine is unlikely until the president of Putin meets in person.

« He didn’t want to go if I didn’t believe anything to happen, I like it, while Putin and I didn’t meet, because too many people die, » said the president of the United States. « 

Two Tramp’s special envoys, Kit Kelog and Steve Vitalf, could come to Istanbul « as observers, » American media reported.

Tramp announced to come to Istanbul in case progress in negotiations come.

Putin and green were not directly discussed since December 2019.

Putin, after the meeting of the green and leaders of several European Union countries, the largest allies of Kiev, reiterated call for conversations.

Green willing to meet with Putin, Mihail Podoljak, an advisor of the Ukrainian president.

« Only Putin can make a decision on the continuation or suspension of the war, » said Podoljak.

According to his opinion, any meetings in the second format are meaningless and will only lead to the postponement of the process.

The spokesman of the Russian Department of Foreign Affairs Marija Zaharov says that Moscow is interested in « removing the crisis root » and thus creating « lasting peace », not a thirty-day truce that require Ukraine and its allies.

Putin said that Russia is ready for direct talks with Ukraine last weekend, after calling several European leaders and green from Kievs that Moscow interrupted for 30 days from 12. May, threaten new sanctions in case of a negative answer.

Suggesting that negotiations in Istanbul begin 15. May without prerequisites, Putin actually rejected the ultimatum of European leaders and Ukraine.

Green earlier said that he and Erdogan suggested that the meeting was joining and tramp, which was supposed to be an extra stimulus of Putin to come.

And Tramp said he was considering the possibility of going to Istanbul.

Tramp is on the tour in the Middle East, and his first cell, as in the first term, was Saudi Arabia.

He also visited the United Arab Emirates, and the next stop is Qatar.

Russia has started invasion on Ukraine 24. February 2022. years.

For more than three years of war, tens of thousands of people suffered, millions were displaced, and many cities were destroyed.

As far as the soldiers killed on both sides, it is not known, because neither Russia nor Ukraine communicates losses.

Foreign observers estimate that tens of thousands of soldiers were killed on both sides, and was also so wounded and permanently disabled.

The BBC in Russian, in cooperation with an independent media house, Identified the names of 106,745 Russian soldiers who died during the war, based on public data from Russian cemeteries, military monuments and deaths.

The hostilities of Russia and Ukraine last for more than a decade.

Russia is 2014. Annects the Peninsula Crimea, and during the war, about 20 percent of the Ukraine territory took place.

Putin is four Ukrainian regions: Donetsk, Lugansk (both in Donbas), Zaporizhis and Herson declared several years ago for a new Russian territory.

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