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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
Moscow, May 29 /Xinhua/ — The priority at the moment is to continue direct Russian-Ukrainian negotiations, Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
“The main thing now is to continue this process of direct Russian-Ukrainian negotiations. And it has been proposed to do this on Monday in Istanbul,” he said.
Answering the question of what Russia might do if Ukraine disrupts the talks on June 2, the Kremlin spokesman noted: “I think such a question is inappropriate now. We need to wait for the Ukrainian side’s response and then take our bearings.”
Ukraine’s demand to “immediately transfer the memorandum” is not constructive, D. Peskov emphasized.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday that Russia is ready to provide Ukrainian negotiators with its memorandum on the terms of the conflict settlement during direct talks on June 2 in Istanbul. –0–