“The head of the Russian delegation in the negotiations in Istanbul, Vladimir Medinsky stated that he had a conversation with the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Rustem Umerov about the next negotiations. Source: Russian State TASS Agency with reference to Medinsky and a spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova Details: in particular, he states that the Russian Federation has proposed the date and place of negotiation in the coming days to exchange memoranda for regulation.”, – WRITE: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: Russian State TASS Agency with reference to Medinsky and a spokeswoman for Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharov
Details: In particular, he states that the Russian Federation has offered Ukraine the date and place of negotiations in the coming days for the exchange of memoranda for settlement.
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The Ukrainian side, according to Medinsky, “went to consult”, and the Russian Federation is waiting for the answer “as soon as possible”.
In addition, the spokeswoman of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova stated that “the Russian Federation and Ukraine in Istanbul agreed directly to exchange documents with a vision of settlement, to discuss them in the next round of negotiations.”
There was no agreement on the mediation of the US or other countries in the exchange of prosets of the Memorandum, she added.
That preceded:
- On May 16, for the first time in Istanbul for the first time in Istanbul, direct negotiations between Russia and Ukraine took place. The First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, a member of the Ukrainian delegation at the negotiations with the Russian Federation in Istanbul, Sergei Kislytsa said that Russian representatives behaved as gangsters, and the head of their delegation was threatened by the Ukrainian side.
- On May 19, the Kremlin head of the Kremlin said that Russia seems to be ready to work on a memorandum with Ukraine, which includes a possible ceasefire for a certain time.
- On May 19, Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported that Ukraine would expect a Russian version of the memorandum. “If Russia offers this memorandum, we will be able to formulate our vision,” he said.
- On May 28, Zelensky stated that the Minister of Defense of Rustem Umerov was in contact with Medinsky after the great exchange of prisoners, which the parties agreed during negotiations in Istanbul, but did not receive Moscow’s “Memorandum” Ukraine.