The Russian Federation stated that the date and place of the next negotiations have already been offered to Ukraine
Vladimir Medinsky. Photo – TASS
The head of the Russian delegation in the negotiations in Istanbul, Vladimir Medinsky stated that he had a conversation with the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Rustem Umerov about the next negotiations.
Source: Russian State Agency TASS With reference to Medinsky and a spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharov
Details: In particular, he states that the Russian Federation has offered Ukraine the date and place of negotiations in the coming days for the exchange of memoranda for settlement.
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The Ukrainian side, according to Medinsky, « went to consult », and the Russian Federation is waiting for the answer « as soon as possible ».
In addition, the spokeswoman of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova stated that « the Russian Federation and Ukraine in Istanbul agreed directly to exchange documents with a vision of settlement, to discuss them in the next round of negotiations. »
There was no agreement on the mediation of the US or other countries in the exchange of prosets of the Memorandum, she added.
That preceded:
- May 16 for the first time in more than three years in Istanbul Direct negotiations took place between Russia and Ukraine. The First Deputy Foreign Minister, a member of the Ukrainian delegation in negotiations with the Russian Federation in Istanbul, Sergei Kislytsa said that Russian representatives behaved as gangsters, and the head of their delegation Medinsky directly threatened the Ukrainian side.
- Kremlin head Vladimir Putin on May 19 statedthat Russia seems to be ready to work on a memorandum with Ukraine, which includes a possible ceasefire for a certain time.
- On May 19, Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported that Ukraine will be expected On the Russian version of the memorandum. « If Russia offers this memorandum, we will be able to formulate our vision, » he said.
- May 28 Zelensky statedthat the Minister of Defense Rustem Umerov was in contact with Medinsky after the great exchange of prisoners, which the parties agreed during the negotiations in Istanbul, but did not receive Moscow’s « Memorandum » Ukraine.
