The president of Russia, Vladimir Putin, finally will not attend peace negotiations with Ukraine that will be held this Thursday in Istanbul. The meeting will send a delegation formed by a presidential advisor, a senior diplomatic and senior military and intelligence officials.
As reported by the Kremlin through a statement, the delegation to negotiate La Paz is the same as the one that attended the latest conversations held between both parties in 2022 and will be headed by Vladimir Medinski as presidential advisor.
“The Russian delegation will wait for the Ukrainian delegation in Istanbul”said Dmitri Peskov, presidential spokesman, at a telephone press conference, in which he stressed that “the president’s proposal is still standing”, Vladimir Putin, to resume conversations with kyiv. Although yes, for the moment It is unknown if the Russian president will choose to move to Istanbul, Despite not leading your country’s delegation in the conversations this Thursday.
Meanwhile, the president of Ukraine, Volodimir Zelenski, said that based on whom Moscow finally sent to the negotiations, his government would determine the next steps to follow, although he assured that kyiv is willing to participate in any negotiation format.
Three years later
The meeting between the two countries will occur after Putin proposed to negotiate the end of the war in Istanbul with direct negotiations for May 15. As indicated by the Russian president, the meeting aims to eliminate the fundamental causes of the conflict to “achieve lasting peace” between both nations.
