Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday that Moscow had not yet received an answer to his proposal to carry out further peace negotiations in Istanbul on 2 June. Russian President Vladimir Putin has not yet planned to re -call US President Donald Trump. According to Reuters, AFP and TASS, TASR reports this.
“As far as I know, we haven’t received any answer yet … We have to wait for the Ukrainian reaction,” Peskov said, according to which Russia’s priority is now on direct negotiations. The requirement of Kiev to provide peace conditions before the negotiations were to be “non -constructive”.
The first direct Russian-Ukrainian negotiations after more than three years took place in Istanbul 16. May. The Ukrainian delegation was led by Defense Minister Rusto UMER, Russian Vladimir Medinsky, who is adviser to the Russian President.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov proposed another round of negotiations in Istanbul on Wednesday. According to Lavrova, the Russian delegation, led by Medinský, is prepared by the Ukrainian side in Istanbul to introduce a memorandum that outlines the conditions of Moscow to end the war in Ukraine.
