* The appointment will take place this Monday
AFP
The Russian and Ukrainian delegations will meet in Turkey from Monday for a new round of face-to-face negotiations, David Arakhamia, one of the Ukrainian negotiators, announced on Sunday.
Russian chief negotiator Vladimir Medinsky, quoted by Russian agencies, also announced a new round of talks, but said they would take place on Tuesday and Wednesday, without specifying the venue.
“During today’s (Sunday) videoconference discussions it was decided to hold the next face-to-face round in Turkey on March 28-30,” the Ukrainian negotiator said on Facebook.
On March 10, a Russian-Ukrainian negotiation session at the level of foreign ministers was already held in Turkey, in Antalya, without any concrete progress.
Since then, the talks have continued via videoconference, which both sides consider “difficult”.
“The negotiation process is very difficult,” said the head of Ukrainian diplomacy, Dmytro Kuleba, on Friday, denying any “consensus” with Moscow.
A little earlier, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had assured that Russia and Ukraine agreed on four of the six points of the negotiation.
“There is no consensus with Russia on the four points mentioned by the President of Turkey,” Kuleba said, but praised Ankara’s “diplomatic efforts” to end the war.
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