Russia is awaiting Ukraine’s response to attending new talks in Istanbul news

Russia announced today, Thursday, that it is still awaiting Ukraine’s response to a proposed tour of the talks that will be expected to be held in Istanbul next Monday in the hope of reaching a peaceful settlement that ends the conflict, while Kiev Moscow is accusing to earn time demanding the knowledge of its conditions before any meeting.

A spokesman for the Russian presidency said.KremlinDmitry Peskov “, according to my knowledge, we have not yet received a response … We have to wait for a response from the Ukrainian side,” regarding the proposal to hold a new meeting in Istanbul after a meeting of the two parties on May 16, which resulted in only an agreement to exchange the prisoners.

Yesterday, Ukraine expressed its willingness to conduct a new round of direct negotiations with Russia, but it demanded that Moscow provide its conditions for peace in advance to ensure that the meeting leads to results.

Peskov today considered Kyiv’s demand from Russia to hand over the conditions of peace before the “non -constructive” talks.

Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman, Georgi Tichy, responded to the Kremlin’s statements on the “X” platform, saying, “The Russians’ fear of sending their document to Ukraine indicates that it is likely that it includes unrealistic final warnings, and they are afraid to reveal their blocking of the peace process.”

He added, “If not, they should send this document immediately … and stop these games, which only show that they probably want the next meeting to be empty.”

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Moscow proposed to hold these talks after accusing the American president Donald Trump His Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin “Playing with fire”.

Despite the US diplomatic efforts for months, the two parties do not seem closer to reaching an agreement that puts an end to the ongoing war since February 2022.

On May 16, the Russian and Ukrainian delegations held their first direct meeting between 3 years in Istanbul, without progress.

Istanbul’s discussions did not result in any progress, while Ukraine accused Russia of providing “unacceptable” regional demands, but during these negotiations, the two sides pledged to make an unprecedented exchange of prisoners, which included a thousand prisoners from each side and accomplished last weekend.

It seems difficult to reconcile the official positions of the two sides. While Russia is calling for Ukraine to abandon the idea of ​​joining NATO and to give up the five regions that it included, Kiev considers this to be an inappropriate thing.