Moscow promises an announcement about the next round of negotiations with Ukraine "in the near future", as stated by the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Sergey Lavrov, quoted by Russian media on Wednesday, writes UNN.
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"... at the next round of direct negotiations, which we will announce in the near future," Lavrov said.
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In Istanbul on May 16, the first direct negotiations in more than three years took place between the Ukrainian delegation, headed by Defense Minister Rustem Umerov, and the Russian delegation, headed by the advisor to the Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, Vladimir Medinsky. The parties stated that they had reached a number of agreements, including an exchange of prisoners in the format of "1000 for 1000".
The Vatican was offered as a place for the next meeting. But, according to Western media, Russia does not consider the Vatican as a serious place for peace negotiations with Ukraine, since the Holy See is the residence of Catholicism and is surrounded by Italy, a member of NATO and the EU.
It was reported that Russian sources said they were considering Turkey, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Oman as potentially suitable venues for negotiations.
Recently, Turkey confirmed that it is ready to organize a new round of negotiations.