Russia has proposed the next round of peace talks with Ukraine in Istanbul on June 2, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov mentioned on Wednesday (May 28, 2025).
Amid speculations in regards to the Vatican or Geneva being the potential venue for the next round of talks with Ukraine, Russia has most popular Turkiye’s Istanbul, which was the venue of earlier rounds.
In a press release issued on Wednesday (May 28, 2025) night, Mr. Lavrov mentioned Russia’s delegation, led by Presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky, is prepared to current Ukraine with Moscow’s memorandum on overcoming the basis causes of the disaster on June 2 in Istanbul, state information company TASS reported.
“As we agreed, the Russian side promptly developed a relevant memorandum, outlining our position on all aspects of reliably overcoming the root causes of the crisis. Our delegation, headed by Vladimir Medinsky, is ready to present this memorandum to the Ukrainian delegation and provide the necessary explanations during the second round of direct talks in Istanbul next Monday, on June 2,” Mr. Lavrov was quoted as saying.
In the first round of talks lasting lower than two hours, the Russian negotiators agreed to swap 1,000 prisoners of warfare from both sides and put together the memorandum of their calls for to discover the chance of a ceasefire.
In response to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s demand for direct talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov mentioned it could be potential if negotiators attain an settlement on an enduring peace in Ukraine.
Published – May 29, 2025 01:31 pm IST
