Russian President Vladimir Putin at a Monday meeting with Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan in China appreciated Turkey’s efforts to mediate the ceasefire in the war in Ukraine. According to the AFP report, TASR reports this.
- Putin appreciated the role of Turkey in the Ukrainian conflict.
- Meetings in Istanbul brought limited humanitarian progress.
- Ukraine described Russian requirements unacceptable.
- Trump offered a mediation of the meeting between Putin and Greeding.
- Negotiations to solve key questions are continuing.
“I am convinced that the special role of Turkey will continue to be in demand on these issues,” The Kremlin chief said during negotiations with Erdogan at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SOS) summit. Putin said that Three rounds of direct negotiations with Ukraine in Istanbul brought some progress in the humanitarian area. AFP recalls that the meetings did not provide any breakthrough, but there was an exchange of prisoners and bodies of the deceased soldiers. Kiev accused Moscow of sending low -loaded representatives without decision -making powers for negotiations to Istanbul.
Russia called on Ukraine to give up four regions that it already considers to be annexed. Kiev described this as an unacceptable requirement. At the same time, US President Donald Trump expressed an interest in the meeting between Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Gremsky, but Moscow stressed that the key questions must be resolved first.
