It is worth noting how Reuters reminds that For Kiev, the conditions that the Russians proposed during peace conversations in 2022, were unacceptable and would mean surrender.
So -called Istanbul's message, i.e. a document design on the possible ways of ending the war, provided for agreement by Kiev to constant neutral status in exchange for international security guarantees from five permanent members of the UN Security Council (Great Britain, China, France, Russia and the USA) and other countries, including Belarus, Canada, Germany, Israel, Poland and Turkey – reminds the agency.
Despite the fact that the talks in Istanbul in 2022, shortly after Russia began the invasion, did not be successful, the Russians have repeatedly emphasized that the ways to end the war are included in the so -called Istanbul communication.
Steve Witkoff, envoy of President Donald Trump, decided that a document from talks in Turkey in 2022 could be the basis for the possible settlement of the conflict.
Miedinski, at a meeting with the press at the general consulate of Russia in Istanbul, limited himself to delivering a statement. He did not answer journalists' questions.
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Putin has already said that Russia proposes the authorities in Kiev to resume negotiations, which were interrupted at the end of 2022.
The President of Ukraine Wołodymyr Zelanski announced that the delegation's talks could take place on Thursday evening or on Friday. Representatives of the US and Turkey are to participate as mediators in the conversations in Istanbul.
