In Istanbul, tripartite negotiations organized by Turkey began to resolve the Russian-Ukrainian conflict with the participation of representatives of Turkey, Russia and Ukraine.
Negotiations in the Palace of Chiragan began at 14:45 local time.
The Turkish delegation is headed by Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan. It also included the head of the National Intelligence Organization of Turkey (MIT) Ibrahim Kalyn.
The Russian delegation, under the head of the President Vladimir Medinsky, includes Deputy Minister Mikhail Galuzin, Head of the General Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff Igor Kostyukov and Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin.
The Ukrainian side will be attended by Minister of Defense Rustem Umarov, the first deputy head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Sergey Kislitsa, Deputy Chairman of the Security Service of Ukraine Alexander Oblast, the first deputy chairman of the foreign intelligence service Oleg Lugovskaya.
-main provide a stable world
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan opened a meeting of an introductory speech.
The head of the department emphasized that the main priority of negotiations should be ensuring the sustainable world. “The main thing is to ensure a stable world,” said, in particular, a diplomat.
The head of Turkish diplomacy assured that Ankara is ready to take all the necessary steps to promote the process of peaceful settlement in Ukraine.
– Istanbul peace negotiations
Türkiye, which in May gathered delegations of the Russian Federation and Ukraine at the same table three years later, on June 2, organizes negotiations in Istanbul.
The Russian delegation is represented by the assistant to the president Vladimir Medinsky. The Ukrainian side is headed by the Minister of Defense Rustem Umarov. The meeting will be held in a closed format.
It is expected that the Russian delegation will transfer its memorial to Ukrainian to the Ukrainian memorandum during negotiations. Ukraine handed over a memorandum to the Russian side containing proposals on the principles and procedures of terminating the conflict and ways to achieve the world.
The first round of negotiations between the Russian Federation and Ukraine took place on May 16 in the residence of Dolmabakhche in Istanbul. It is expected that the second round of negotiations between the conflicting parties will be held on June 2 at 13.00 (Turkish time) in the Palace of Chyragan.
According to the results of the first meeting, the parties agreed to conduct a large -scale exchange of prisoners according to the formula “1000 by 1000”, to imagine in detail their views on a possible ceasefire, and then continue negotiations.
Kyiv and Moscow reported that the exchange of prisoners, agreed in Istanbul, was completed on May 25.
, in the framework of diplomatic efforts to achieve the world, the Minister of Foreign Affairs Hakan Fidan visited Moscow and Kyiv the day before, where he met with leaders and high -ranking officials of the Russian Federation and Ukraine.