The President of Turkey also said that it is very important that the parties to the conflict send “strong delegations” to talks, and the meeting of the leaders of Russia and Ukraine after this round of negotiations would give a more powerful impulse to the “peace process”.
The second round of Istanbul talks between the delegations of Russia and Ukraine will probably take place on Monday, June 2. The previous round of negotiations in Istanbul took place on May 16. Russia sent a delegation to a delegation to Turkey to Turkey – under the leadership of one of the advisers of Vladimir Putin.
Wołodymyr Zelanski: This conversation cannot be devoid of content
Zelanski announced that he agreed with Erdogan that the next edition of conversations with Russia could not be devoid of content. He also added that in order to make progress in peaceful negotiations, it is necessary to suspend weapons.
Earlier on Friday, the President of Ukraine met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey Hakan Fidan and said on this occasion that Russia was doing everything to make the next possible meeting regarding negotiations be fruitless.
He emphasized that the Ukrainian side appreciates cooperation with Ankara. He thanked Turkey for supporting efforts to a fair and lasting peace, and in particular for help in organizing a meeting that led to the release of 1,000. Ukrainian citizens from Russian captivity.
The head of Ukrainian diplomacy Andriy Sybiha, who also met with Fidan, announced that Kiev would like to be joined by US President US President Donald Trump joined the future Zelanski meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin.
During the first conversations in Istanbul, agreements were achieved in three cases: as to the exchange of prisoners of prisoners, exchange of views on the suspension of weapons and starting actions for the Zelanski meeting with Putin.
