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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
Moscow, May 14 /Xinhua/ — The Russian delegation at the talks scheduled for May 15 in Istanbul, Turkey, will discuss both political and technical issues, and its composition will be determined based on this, Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov said in an interview with Pavel Zarubin, a journalist with the All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company.
“The delegation will discuss both political and, I would say, a myriad of technical issues. So the composition will be determined based on this,” said Y. Ushakov in an interview, a video of which was published on Wednesday on P. Zarubin’s Telegram channel.
The Russian presidential aide said that Russia is ready to resume direct negotiations with Ukraine, which were interrupted in 2022. “You know the president’s statement of May 11 that we are ready to begin direct negotiations in Istanbul on May 15. Or rather, not even begin, but resume the negotiations that were interrupted by the Ukrainian side at the instigation of Western colleagues and partners,” Y. Ushakov emphasized.
Speaking to journalists in the Kremlin on the night of May 11, V. Putin proposed that the Ukrainian side resume direct negotiations, interrupted in 2022, without preconditions. It was proposed to begin the dialogue on May 15 in Istanbul. Later on May 11, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky proposed to V. Putin on the social network X to hold a personal meeting in Turkey on May 15 to resolve the Russian-Ukrainian armed conflict. He added that Ukraine also expects a full and long-term ceasefire starting on May 12. –0–