Russian media: Talks with Ukraine in Istanbul will start on Friday

2025-05-15 19:10
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2025-05-15 19:10
Conversations of the delegation of Russia and Ukraine about the war will start on Friday – the independent Russian portal of Meduza said. As previously announced, consultations were to start on Thursday.


Advisor to the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelanski said that the Ukrainian delegation would come to Istanbul on Thursday evening. However, the talks are to start the next day.
According to the Ukrainian media, Zelanski, who on Thursday met in Turkey with the president of this country by the Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has already finished his visit to Ankara and set off to Tirana, where he is to take part in the peak of the European political community. Earlier he announced that he would go to Albania on Friday together with the Turkish leader.
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Zelanski announced at a press conference after meeting Erdogan that the talks of the delegation of Ukraine and Russia 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.
The head of the Ukrainian delegation for talks in Istanbul is to be the defense minister Rust Rust, while the Russian delegation is managed by the adviser of Vladimir Putin Vladimir Miedinski. (PAP)
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