Kyiv representatives will discuss the Russian side only a 30-day stop: how to realize it and how to monitor its compliance.
Ukraine and Russia’s first direct negotiations will be held in Istanbul in the spring of 2022.
Sa mga negosasyon, ang delegasyon, na pinamumunuan ng katulong kay Pangulong Vladimir Medinsky, ay kinakatawan sa mga negosasyon, kasama rin dito ang Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Mikhail Galuzin, ang pinuno ng Gru, Admiral Igor Kostyukov, Deputy Minister of Defense Alexander Fomin at Four Experts mula sa Ministry of Defense, The Ministry of Foreign affairs, the gru at the presidential administration.
The Ukrainian delegation is chaired by the Minister of Defense Rustem Umarov.
What do I say
The Wall Street Journal, citing Ukrainian officials, reports that KYIV representatives will only discuss a 30-day stop on Russia’s side: how to activate it and how to monitor its compliance.
Vladimir Zelensky at a press conference, following a meeting with Tayyip Erdogan, said the ceasefire would be a major issue of the discussion.
Meanwhile, Moscow insists that the main purpose of the negotiation is to “remove the roots caused by the conflict”. At the same time, Putin did not exclude that in negotiations it was possible to agree with a ceasefire.
The head of the Russian delegation, Vladimir Medinsky, who was talking to journalists in Istanbul, recalled that on the eve of Vladimir Putin held a meeting in which he “set up tasks and defined our negotiation positions”.
Russia considers negotiations as the continuation of Istanbul negotiations in the spring of 2022. Configured Moskva “to look for possible contact and contact points,” Medinsky said.
According to him, the work of direct negotiations with Ukraine was “sooner or later to establish a long -term world”, “removed the major causes of the conflict”.
When negotiations began, the head of the Russian delegation did not specify. Zelensky in a briefing in Ankara said they could start as May 15, the next day.
However, after performance with the Consulate General, Medinsky, along with the delegation, went to Dolmabahch, where negotiations should be held.
Problems with delegations
Initially, Russian president Vladimir Putin suggested that the Direct conversation with Istanbul held on the night of May 11-in was held for a 30-day ceasefire, asserted by Ukraine and its European allies.
Donald Trump immediately called Zelensky to go, and the President of Ukraine on Sunday, May 11, said he would personally go to Istanbul and expect Vladimir Putin there. In the following days, Zelensky repeatedly repeated that the President of Russia must personally come to negotiations to show a willingness to peacefully resolve the conflict.
Even Brazil President Lula da Silva, who visited Moscow to celebrate the 80th anniversary of success, tried to encourage Putin to go to Istanbul. He stopped in Moscow to Brazil from China, but talked to Putin not personally, but by phone.
The composition of the Russian delegation was declared late at night on Wednesday, May 14 – and Putin was gone.
US president Donald Trump, who was on a tour of the Middle East countries, admitted that he would also go to negotiations – especially if they were Vladimir Putin. After announcing the composition of the Russian delegation, the Reuters, citing resources to the US president administration, Trump was reported not to go to Turkey.
Zelensky noted that the composition of the Russian delegation in Istanbul testifies to Moscow’s “pointless attitude” in negotiations, as no one has made decisions in the Russian Federation.
“However, despite the relatively low level of Russia’s delegation, but with respect to President Trump, the high level of Turkey’s delegation and the President of Erdogan – and still wanted to try to achieve the first steps in de -escalation, to stop the fire – I decided to send our delegation to Itanbul,” the state’s headed head.
The President said he was skeptical of the results of the negotiations, but the hope was declared that the Russians were “showing at least one thing.”
“I believe the Kremlin leader should show his leadership and if he is ready for negotiations, we must meet without any conditions and like that. Let’s meet. We are in Ankara, after we send the group to Istanbul. a mirrored one … disrespect in erdogan, disrespect Trump.
Source: korrespondent
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