Kremlin confirms meeting in Istanbul, but hides who will represent Russia
13 May 2025 15:47
The Russian Federation is preparing for talks with Ukraine, which may allegedly take place on May 15 in Istanbul. This was reported by "Komersant Ukrainian", citing Kremlin media.
Thus, the press secretary of the Russian president, Dmitry Peskov, confirmed that the Russian side continues to prepare for these talks. He referred to Putin’s nightly statement after the May 9 celebrations, but refused to provide additional comments on the matter.
“Here we need to proceed from what was said in the president’s nightly statement following the May 9 celebrations. The Russian side continues to prepare for the talks to be held on Thursday. We are not going to comment on anything else for now,”
– peskov said.
When journalists asked who would represent Russia at the talks, Peskov said that this information would be announced only when President Putin deems it appropriate.
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Positions of the parties on the upcoming talks in Istanbul
On the night of May 11, Russian leader Vladimir Putin announced his readiness for direct talks with the Ukrainian side, which are to take place in Istanbul on May 15. However, in his statement, he did not mention a single word about a possible 30-day ceasefire, as the Ukrainian side and its partners want.
US President Donald Trump said that Ukraine must urgently agree to the talks in Turkey proposed by Putin for May 15. At the same time, the American president did not pay attention to the absence of a 30-day truce clause in the Kremlin’s proposal.
Nevertheless, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy agreed and wrote that he would personally wait for Putin in Turkey to meet on May 15. At the same time, he expressed hope that the ceasefire would begin on May 12.
However, after Zelenskyy’s agreement, no official statements have yet followed from the Kremlin. So now, for the first time, the Kremlin has officially confirmed that it is preparing for negotiations.
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