“Negotiations of delegations of Ukraine and Russia in Istanbul will begin on Friday, May 16. Source: interlocutors of “Ukrainian Truth”, “Public” details: according to UP data, negotiations of delegations will begin on Friday, no meetings are planned on Thursday.”, – WRITE: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: The interlocutors of “Ukrainian Truth”, “Public”
Details: According to the UP, the negotiations of the delegations will begin on Friday, no meetings are planned on Thursday.
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and US President Steve Vitcoff’s envoy are also expected in Istanbul.
Sources of “Public” report that President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky left Turkey and went to Albania, on May 16 there starts the summit of the European political community.
Meanwhile, the Ukrainian delegation headed by the Minister of Defense of Rustem Umerov, late on Thursday night will arrive in Istanbul to negotiate with Russia.
Prehistory:
- The President of Ukraine went to Ankara, waiting for the arrival of Kremlin owner Vladimir Putin. But Kremlin head Dmitry Peskov said that Putin would not go to Istanbul for talks with the Ukrainian delegation.
- Instead, the Russian Federation sent a low -level delegation headed by Putin Vladimir Medinsky.
- Despite this, Zelensky decided to send a Ukrainian delegation led by the Minister of Defense Rustem Umerov to Istanbul.
- Zelensky stated that the US and Turkey will be intermediaries in peace talks between Ukraine and Russia in Istanbul.