According to him, Ukraine seeks to “join the constructive discussion”, which means that it is initially important to get a project of a memorandum from Russia.
Ukraine has repeatedly stated that the meeting would not give results if it does not see a copy of the memorandum in advance, the media notes.
Context
On May 16, in Istanbul (Türkiye), the first direct negotiations between Ukraine and the Russian Federation took place in three years, to which the United States and Turkey also attracted. At the meeting discussed the exchange of prisoners, A 30-day ceasefire, as well as a probable meeting of the leaders of the countries. On May 16, representatives of the American side were in Istanbul, in particular, the specialized US president’s special support for Ukraine Kit Kellog and senior officials of the State Department, but they did not participate directly in the negotiations of Ukraine and the Russian Federation. According to Russian propagandists, this was the requirement of the Russian Federation.
The second round of negotiations of the Russian Federation proposed to be held on June 2 in Istanbul. For a new meeting, the Russian Federation promised to prepare a “memorandum on the likely future peace agreement”, which should have a ceasefire. On May 28, the Ukrainian side stated that it handed over the Russian version of the Armistice document, and accused the Russian Federation of delaying negotiations. On the same day, the Russian Federation stated that they were ready to show their “memorandum” at a meeting in Istanbul on June 2.
On May 29, the speaker of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Georgy Tikhiy did not give a direct answer to the question whether the Ukrainian delegation is going to go to negotiations in Turkey, as Russia suggested. The diplomat said that before answering this question, Ukraine wants to receive a list of conditions for the ceasefire, which in Moscow is called the “memorandum”.
