The draft peace agreement between Ukraine and Russia, drafted during talks in Istanbul on March 29, is ready to start a direct discussion between Presidents Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Vladimir Putin. This was reported by David Arakhamia, the head of the Kiev delegation, in talks with the Moscow delegation, as reported by the InterfaxUkraine news agency. Arakhamia reported that “Russia has given an official response to all positions, namely that it accepts the Ukrainian position except for the Crimean issue. The foreign minister Kuleba he said that there is no official written confirmation, but verbally, yesterday via video conference, it turned out that the Russian side has no objections to a resolution ». According to reports from Arakhamia, “the Russians have also confirmed the thesis that the draft documents have been processed at a sufficient level for further consultations to take place directly between the leaders of the two countries: our task is to prepare the final stage. not of the peace document, but of the issues that will be addressed, as well as the preparation of the future meeting of Presidents. It is currently not known when and where Putin and Zelenskyy will meet. “But Arakhamia continues there is a high probability that the two presidents will meet “in Turkey, or Istanbul or Ankara. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has in recent hours reiterated his willingness to organize facetoface talks between the two leaders “in the near future”.
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