ReutersMarco Rubio, one of the best diplomats in the United States, said there was no high expectation for the Ukrainian -Russian peace talks in Turkey, and Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin should make progress.
After the NATO Foreign Ministers’ Meeting held in southern Türkiye, “We do not think we will have a breakthrough here until President Trump and Putin directly interact about this topic.
VolodyMyr Zelensky confirmed that Ukraine will send a delegation in Istanbul, but criticized the “low -level” delegation sent by Moscow.
President Vladimir Medinsky argued that the Kremlin team had “all necessary competencies.”
Trump, who visits the Middle East at the beginning of the day, also suggested that a significant progress would be almost until he and Putin met.
The BBC asked by the BBC about whether the BBC was disappointed.
“He didn’t go if he hadn’t been there, and I don’t believe that nothing will happen until he and I gather together,” he added. “But we will have to solve it because so many people are dying.”
Trump said he would attend the talks in Türkiye on Friday. But later he said he would probably return to Washington.
Representatives in Türkiye, the United States, Ukraine and Russia have decided to meet in Istanbul for their first face-to-face Ukrainian-Russian talks since 2022 in Istanbul. Some reports can occur on Friday.
President Vladimir Putin proposed a direct dialogue on the 30 -day ceasefire of European leaders and Ukraine in Istanbul on May 15.
Gel Lenski challenged Putin to meet in person, but on Thursday, Kremlin said that Russian President was not a public official because of his trip.
Following the bilateral meeting with Erdogan in Ankara, Zelensky reiterated his challenge to condemn the “rudeness” against Trump and Herdo because of the lack of the Russian delegation and to meet him personally to Russian leaders.
“There is no meeting time, no delegation -this is a personal rude to Erdo for Trump,” he said.
Maddinsky, meanwhile, told reporters in Istanbul that Russia saw the talks in 2022 as a “continuous” negotiations that failed in 2022 shortly after Russia began an invasion of neighbors in 2022.
Medinsky said, “Direct negotiations with Ukrainian side will soon reach the establishment of long -term peace by eliminating the basic cause of conflict.”
According to Zelensky’s laws published on Thursday, the Ukrainian delegation will be led by Defense Secretary Rustem Umerov. It will also include deputy director intelligence chief, military general and foreign minister.
Medinsky, which led to a failed negotiations with Ukraine in 2022, will lead the Russian delegation, Kremlin’s statement said. Russian defense ministers, foreign ministers and military intelligence will also be there.
EPAThe Istanbul dialogue represents the first direct negotiations between Russia and Ukraine after failing in 2022.
Russia pointed out that they wanted to pick up where they stopped.
The discussions are required for Ukraine to become a neutral state, reducing the size of the military and giving up NATO membership. The condition that Ukraine rejected in the direction of surrender.
Fighting in Ukraine said Russia occupied two more villages in the eastern eastern part of the East.
Moscow controls about 20%of Ukrainian territory, including the southern Crimean Peninsula, which is now illegally merged in 2014.
British Secretary of Defense John Hili urged Ukrainian allies to “pressure Putin.” After meeting with Boris Pistorius of Germany in Berlin on Thursday, heley urged further sanctions against Russia to “bring additional sanctions against Russia to the negotiation table.”
