Of . – 03/27/2022 17:30 (act 03/27/2022 18:10)
Kiev: Negotiations with Russia from Monday in Turkey. ©REUTERS
The next peace talks between Russia and Ukraine will take place in Turkey from Monday.
According to Ukrainian sources, Russia and Ukraine will start a new round of peace talks in Turkey on Monday. “During today’s video conference, it was decided to hold the next round in person in Turkey from March 28-30,” Ukrainian negotiator David Arakhamiya posted on Facebook on Sunday. Negotiations at the ministerial level had already taken place in Antalya on 10 March, but did not bring any concrete progress.
Peace talks between Russia and Ukraine continue in Turkey
Russian chief negotiator Vladimir Medinski said on Friday that talks were not progressing on key issues. “The positions agree on minor points. But we are not advancing on the main political issues,” Medinski said, according to Russian news agencies.
Moscow wants to sign a ‘complete deal’
Moscow insists on signing a “complete agreement” that takes into account its demands for Ukraine’s neutrality, demilitarization and “denazification”, recognition of Russian sovereignty in Russian-occupied Crimea and independence from the two pro-Russian “republics” in eastern Ukraine. further formulated Medinski.
Negotiations are difficult
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba also described the talks on Friday as “very difficult”. The Ukrainian delegation insisted “first of all on a ceasefire, guarantees of security and territorial integrity of Ukraine”.
Secret service fears planned Ukraine split
Meanwhile, the head of the Ukrainian military intelligence service fears a division of Ukraine similar to that of North and South Korea. Russia “failed in its attempt to take Kiev and overthrow the Ukrainian government,” Kyrylo Budanov wrote on Facebook. Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin is changing strategy, a division of Ukraine could be one of his goals.
“There are reasons to believe that he wants to create a dividing line between the occupied and unoccupied areas of our country – an attempt to create South and North Korea in Ukraine,” said the head of the GUR military intelligence service, referring to to Putin.
Budanov’s comments came two days after the Russian army said it would focus on “liberating” the Donbass region of eastern Ukraine. The Ukrainian military had previously reported significant gains in the territory, including in the Kiev capital region.