The presidency of Türkiye has confirmed on Tuesday that The delegations of Russia and Ukraine will meet tomorrow, Wednesday, in Istanbul To carry out a Third Round of Negotiations of peace. The meeting will take place in the historic çiragan çiragan palacein the district of Besiktas, the same place where the last meeting between both parties was held, on June 3.
The Ukrainian President, Volodímir Zelenskihe advanced the information on Monday in his daily speech: “Today I talked with Rustem Uumerov [jefe del Consejo de Seguridad de Ucrania] About the Preparations for an exchange of prisoners and another meeting in Türkiye with the Russian part. He informed that the meeting is scheduled for Wednesday. “
The reactivation of diplomatic dialogue occurs in a moment of growing tension in the conflict. Last weekend, after the recent threats of the US presidentDonald Trump, who warned with imposing if the fire is not reached within 50 days.
For its part, Dmitri Peskovspokesman for Kremlin, said Monday that “Russia is willing to act quickly” to reach an agreement in Ukraine. However, it made it clear that the priority remains the objectives established by Moscow: “The main thing for us is to achieve our goals, which are clear, obvious, immutable”.
To Ukrainethe main demand is a cease-fire. Zelenski also listed yesterday the other objectives they will deal with at the meeting: “Our agenda is clear: the Return of the prisoners of war, the Return of kidnapped children By Russia and the Preparation of a leaders meeting“.
With an eye on Istanbul, the international community carefully observes this new attempt to approach between Moscow and kyiv. Although the results of the previous rounds have been limited, Turkish mediation remains an open channel to explore diplomatic outputs to the conflict.
