“Russia’s Chargé d’affaires in Turkey Oleksiy Ivanov stated that the Russian Federation is allegedly ready “to continue direct negotiations with the Ukrainian side.””, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: Ivanov, quoted by the Russian propaganda agency TASS
Direct speech Ivanova: “The Russian side has repeatedly stressed that we are ready to continue direct negotiations with the Ukrainian side, with the Ukrainian delegation. And also our Turkish partners always emphasize that the Istanbul site remains at our disposal, this door remains open for us.”
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“If the political will is shown on the part of Kyiv, we are ready for such negotiations at any moment.”
Details: Ivanov drew attention to the fact that the Russian side had submitted a number of proposals during the previous rounds of negotiations.
Direct speech Ivanova: “A number of initiatives were announced, including the creation of three working groups online. Unfortunately, we have not yet received a positive reaction to these initiatives from the Ukrainian side.”
We will remind: During a closed meeting in Istanbul on May 16, representatives of the Russian side voiced a number of demands to the Ukrainian delegation, naming the conditions under which Moscow is ready to cease fire. Among them is Ukraine’s renunciation of territories and claims for reparations.
Also, the mass media called Russia’s demands unrealistic and far beyond what was previously discussed.
In June, the mass media learned that in the “memorandum” handed over by Russia regarding the ceasefire and the end of the war, previous ultimatum demands were preserved – in particular, regarding the recognition of the Russian occupation of Ukrainian territories.
At the SCO Plus meeting in July, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia could return to the so-called “Istanbul Agreements” regarding peace between the Russian Federation and Ukraine, although he recently announced other conditions for negotiations.
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