On Friday, delegations from Ukraine, Turkey and the United States They met at another session of talks about the end of the war. Initially, the Istanbul gathering was expected to be groundbreaking due to the fact that Volodymyr Zelenski invited Vladimir Putin. However, the president of Russia did not appear. Donald Trump did not come to Turkey either.
NATO Secretary General Putin's error
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said that "Wladimir Putin made a large mistake sending a low-level delegation to Istanbul for talks with Ukraine".
– All the force is on Putin now, he's in trouble. Ukraine (as opposed to Russia – PAP) sent Turkey a delegation entitled to negociate a ceasefire," noted Rutte erstwhile talking to journalists before the EPC summit in the capital of Albania.
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Secretary-General NATO He besides stressed that he was peculiarly pleased with the function played by the United States in the talks between Russia and Ukraine. – president Donald Trump He broke the stasis, took a leading function and this is truly crucial – he noted.
Istanbul. Peace gathering in Ukraine
The Friday gathering of the U.S. delegation, Ukraine and Turkey to end the war in Ukraine ended after 11:00. Marco Rubio, Andrij Sybiha and Hakan Fidan attended the talks for about an hour.
Conversations American, Ukrainian and Turkish the delegations were the first of the 2 negotiating blocks scheduled for Friday. Representatives of Ukraine, Russia and Turkey are to participate in the next. The Ukrainian side reported that its squad would be headed by the Minister of Defence Rust Umierov. Russian delegation to chair Advisor Vladimir Putin – Vladimir Miedinski.
SEE: Russia is gathering forces. Putin is preparing a fresh offensive.
Istanbul The negotiations were originally presented as possibly groundbreaking for the end of the war in Ukraine. However, the expectations associated with them weakened erstwhile it turned out that – unlike the president of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenski, who appeared in Istanbul – Russian leader Vladimir Putin and US president Donald Trump will not participate in the talks.
AFP said that before starting talks with delegations USA and Turkey The Ukrainian negotiating squad spoke to representatives of European countries on Friday in Istanbul. According to AFP, Ukrainians were to talk to safety advisers of the governments of France, Germany and large Britain. The gathering was besides to be attended by an American emissary for Ukraine General Keith Kellogg.
Ukraine ready for ceasefire
After the meeting, the Ukrainian side reported that it was ready for “permanent, unconditional ceasefire‘.
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"We have coordinated positions before the forthcoming gathering of the Ukrainian and Russian delegation in Istanbul. Ukraine is ready for peace and a permanent, unconditional ceasefire. We are besides prepared to meet and negociate at the highest level," stated the head of Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenski's law firm, Andrij Jermak on Friday in Istanbul.
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