Russia continues to prepare for negotiations with Ukraine scheduled for May 15 in Istanbul, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday.
"The Russian side continues to prepare for the talks, which are scheduled to take place on Thursday," Peskov told reporters.
The Kremlin will announce who will represent Russia at the Istanbul talks as soon as Russian President Vladimir Putin deems it necessary to announce this, the official added.
Europe is entirely on Ukraine's side and cannot claim a balanced approach in the negotiation process, Peskov added.
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Russia’s delegation to the upcoming Istanbul talks will include experienced professionals, capable of demonstrating the will to achieve lasting peace even when engaging with Kiev’s "toughest negotiating team," Leonid Slutsky, head of the Russian State Duma (lower house of parliament) Committee on International Affairs and leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia, told the Rossiya-24 TV channel.
ReplyDelete"It will be a highly professional delegation, capable of dealing with the toughest team of Ukrainian negotiators in the most challenging circumstances and demonstrating the will to achieve fundamental agreements that would pave the way for peace," Slutsky pointed out. "This is what I can tell you with all responsibility," he added. However, the politician said that whether he would join the Russian team of negotiators the way he had done in 2022 "will remain undisclosed until May 15."
The senior lawmaker noted that "no issues have lost relevance yet" but "there are some that need to be reconsidered based on the current situation." According to Slutsky, this is first and foremost about the need for Kiev to recognize the Donetsk and Lugansk people’s republic and the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions as parts of Russia, as well as about Ukraine’s neutral status and denazification.
Vladimir Zelensky has confirmed his plans to travel to Turkey on May 15 and meet with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
ReplyDelete"I will have a meeting with Erdogan in Ankara on May 15," he told reporters before leaving for Turkey, adding he hopes to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Ankara or Istanbul.
When asked whether Kiev is looking at a potential meeting with Russian representatives in another format, he answered in the negative. "We have not yet discussed or considered other formats. I won’t be alone, that’s true, but that’s not the point," he said.
Зеленский подтвердил, что в четверг, 15 мая, у него запланирована встреча с Эрдоганом в Турции. Он рассчитывает, что там же состоятся переговоры с Путиным.
ReplyDeleteDerweil erklärte Kreml-Sprecher Dmitri Peskow gegenüber Journalisten, dass Russland sich weiterhin auf die am Donnerstag anstehenden Verhandlungen vorbereite. Die Fragen, wer Russland in Istanbul vertreten und insbesondere ob Präsident Putin teilnehmen werde, wies Peskow ab:
ReplyDelete"Sobald der Präsident dies für notwendig befindet, werden wir es bekannt geben."