In anticipation of negotiations between Ukraine and Russia, which should be held on June 2 in Istanbul (Turkey), Rubio discussed the war in Ukraine with Lavra, the initiatives regarding its political settlement, including plans for the resumption of direct negotiations in Istanbul, the diplomatic mission said.
The Russian Foreign Ministry also reported that Rubio allegedly “expressed sincere condolences” in connection with victims among civilians as a result of detonations of railway infrastructure in the Bryansk and Kursk regions on June 1. In Russia, they promised to “identify and deserve” guilty.
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On May 16, in Istanbul, the first direct negotiations between Ukraine and the Russian Federation, which were also attracted to the United States and Turkey, took place in Istanbul. At the meeting We discussed the exchange of prisonersA 30-day ceasefire, as well as a probable meeting of the leaders of the countries.
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 of the likely upcoming peace agreement”, in which there should be a ceasefire.
On May 28, the Russian Federation said that they were ready to show their “memorandum” at a meeting in Istanbul on June 2. According to The New York Times, the document that transmitted the Ukrainian side of Russia contains the provision on the ceasefire on land, sea and in the air.
The speaker of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry George Tikhiy did not give a direct answer to the question whether the Ukrainian delegation is going to negotiations in Turkey, as Russia suggested. The diplomat said that before the meeting Ukraine wants to see the Russian Memorandum.
On June 1, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed the participation of Ukraine in negotiations with the Russian Federation in Istanbul on June 2. The Ukrainian delegation, as the last time, will be headed by the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Rustem Umarov.
