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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
Moscow, May 17 /Xinhua/ — For now, the talk is about fulfilling the agreements that were discussed during the meeting on Friday, Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov said at a briefing on Saturday, speaking about the next round of talks between Russia and Ukraine.
“For now, we need to do what the delegations were able to agree on yesterday. This, of course, first of all, is to carry out a 1000 for 1000 exchange, and exchange those basic lists of conditions that were discussed yesterday, and that my colleague Vladimir Medinsky spoke about yesterday,” D. Peskov told journalists, answering a question about when the next round of negotiations between Russia and Ukraine is planned.
“Indeed, we agreed to exchange lists of conditions for a ceasefire. The work continues, it is being done. The Russian side will prepare and hand over such a list, and will exchange it with the Ukrainian side,” D. Peskov noted, adding that “the negotiations are underway and should be held behind closed doors.”
On Friday, Russian presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky said that Moscow and Kyiv had agreed to detail their proposals for establishing a ceasefire during talks in Istanbul.
Answering the question about whether the composition of the Russian delegation at the negotiations with Ukraine could be changed, D. Peskov stated that there is no talk of changing the composition of the Russian delegation at the negotiations with Ukraine, “the work has only just begun, it will continue.” In addition, he emphasized that “when signing documents that the delegation is to agree upon, the main and fundamental issue for us remains who exactly will sign these documents from the Ukrainian side.”
Commenting on the possibility of a meeting between the presidents of Russia and Ukraine, Vladimir Putin and Vladimir Zelensky, the Kremlin spokesman told journalists that “many questions have been received on the topic of a possible meeting between the presidents of the two countries, Ukraine and Russia, Zelensky and Putin… Such a meeting as a result of the work of the delegations of the two sides upon reaching certain agreements between these delegations is possible. We consider it possible.”
In conclusion, the Russian leader’s press secretary confirmed that there have been no contacts between the leaders of the Russian Federation and the United States, V. Putin and Donald Trump, since the talks in Istanbul. “If Presidents Putin and Trump deem it appropriate to hold a conversation, we will inform you,” D. Peskov said at a press conference. –0–