“Turkey believes that peace talks between Ukraine and Russia were “more positive than expected.” Source: The Turkish official on the conditions of anonymity said CNN, writes “European Truth” details: according to the interlocutor CNN, negotiations in Istanbul were “more positive than expected”, and the parties “did not express accusations against each other.””, – WRITE: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: Turkish official on conditions of anonymity said CNN, writes “European Truth”
Details: According to the CNN interlocutor, the negotiations in Istanbul were “more positive than expected”, and the parties “did not make accusations against each other.”
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The Turkish source confirmed that Russia at the negotiations demanded to withdraw Ukrainian troops from the territories that are still under its control, “in the context of discussing the issue of ceasefire.”
“At the moment when the situation seemed to be a dead end, we offered an exchange of prisoners of war, which would include three categories – children, civilians and soldiers. The Ukrainian side went out to get approved,” CNN said.
According to him, the Russian delegation “seemed less prone to consultations than Ukrainian.”
“These are two sides that sat at the negotiating table to discuss two different things. But the very fact that they came to Istanbul can be regarded as their need to find a way out of the situation,” the official said.
We will remind, on May 16 for the first time in more than three years in Istanbul Direct negotiations took place between Russia and Ukraine.
According to the results of the negotiations, the head of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Rustem Umerov stated that during them They were discussed ceasefire and humanitarian issues, as well as possible meeting at the level of leaders.
The UK Prime Minister Kir Starmer, commenting on the course of negotiations between Russian and Ukrainian delegations in Turkish Istanbul, called an unacceptable position of the Russian Federation.