During the talks, the two parties agreed to clearly define their vision of a future cease-fire, committing after that, the talks will resume-although no deadline has been fixed.
The Russians also agreed to examine a meeting of Zelenskyy-Putin. The Russian chief this week has snubbed his Ukrainian counterpart, who flew to Turkey in the hope of face -to -face talks.
Best plans arranged
The Ukrainian delegation, led by the Minister of Defense, Rustem Umerov, wanted American and Turkish representatives at the meeting. They consolidated the posts in advance with State Secretary Marco Rubio and the special envoy of Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, who was also in Istanbul on Friday, and organized Michael Anton, director of policies planning in the United States Department of State, to attend the talks.
However, the Russian delegation at the last minute did not push any American representative, a familiar official told Politico with negotiations. In the end, only Turkey was at the table as a third party.
UMEROV was visibly frustrated when leaving the negotiation field.
“The Russian party has published several unacceptable requests, but the Ukrainian part remained calm and stuck to its lines,” said the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Heorhii Tykhyi, during a press briefing. “We must see more pressure on Moscow to make them willing to make measures towards peace.”
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