Moscow proposed to Ukraine to meet again in Istanbul for the second round of talks next Monday. Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said he presented Russia’s “specific proposals” for the next round of negotiations to Washington, but has not shared Moscow’s “peace memorandum” with Kyiv.
Under the growing pressure from the US President, Moscow proposed a new round of direct talks with Ukraine in Istanbul next Monday.
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Russia hopes this proposal will be supported by “all those who are sincerely, and not just in words, interested in the success of the peace process.”
The statement comes after Russia launched its largest-ever aerial attack on Ukraine, firing hundreds of drones and missiles for a few days in a row.
Lavrov said he also talked to the US Secretary of State and presented him Moscow’s “specific proposals” for the next round of negotiations.
The Russian foreign ministry issued a statement saying Lavrov “informed US Secretary of State Marco Rubio about implementing the 19 May agreements between President of Russia Vladimir Putin and President of the United States Donald Trump.”
No more details were given about what exactly those agreements include and what is in Moscow’s “specific proposals”.
On 19 May Trump and Putin had a phone call in which the Russian president said he voiced “his readiness to negotiate a memorandum regarding a potential future peace treaty.”
However, Putin said he rejected the idea of a ceasefire as the first step to a future peace agreement, while reiterating Moscow’s demands.
During the call, Putin also promised Trump that Russia would produce a “memorandum” for the future agreement, while Ukraine prepared one as well. /Argumentum.al
