The American, Ukrainian and Turkish delegation are the first of two negotiating blocks planned for Friday. Representatives of Ukraine, Russia and Turkey are to participate in the next. The Ukrainian side reported that her team would be the head of the defense minister Rust of Die. The Russian delegation is to be chaired by the adviser of Vladimir Putin Vladimir Miedinski.
Istanbul negotiations were originally presented as potentially groundbreaking for the end of the war in Ukraine. The expectations of them were weakened, but when it turned out that the Russian leader Vladimir Putin or US President Donald Trump would not take part in them.
The USA no longer intends to “chase around the world”
On Thursday, the head of American diplomacy Marko Rubio said that American politicians are no longer going to “chase around the world and participate in meetings that are not productive.” In this way he referred to mediation in conversations on the end of the war in Ukraine. He also criticized the composition of the Russian delegation for talks with Ukraine.
The AFP agency reported that before starting talks with US and Turkey delegations, the Ukrainian team of negotiators talked on Friday in Istanbul with representatives of European countries. According to AFP, the Ukrainians were to talk to advisers for the safety of the rule of France, Germany and Great Britain. The American envoy for Ukraine, General Keith Kellogg, was also to participate in the meeting.
