"The process of negotiations is very difficult," the head of Ukrainian diplomacy said in a press release, rejecting any "consensus" with Moscow at this stage.
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[/P]He rejected reports of the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who earlier noted that progress had been made in resolving four of the six key points.
"There is no consensus with Russia on the four points," Kuleba wrote in a Facebook post.
Earlier, the Turkish president spoke of "understanding" between Russia and Ukraine on four of the six issues on the negotiating table.
According to CNN, Erdogan specifically mentioned the issue of Kiev's withdrawal of its NATO membership request and the acceptance of Russian as one of Ukraine's official languages.
"The Ukrainian delegation maintains a firm stance and does not give up its demands. We insist, first of all, on a ceasefire, security guarantees and the territorial integrity of Ukraine," the head of Ukrainian diplomacy noted.
For his part, according to a cable from the Russian news agency Interfax, reported by Reuters and Agence France-Presse, Moscow negotiator Vladimir Medinsky said today that Russia and Ukraine are coming close to understanding minor issues in the peace talks, but limited progress has been recorded on the most important points.
"Negotiations have been going on all week, from Monday to Friday, in the form of a teleconference and we will continue tomorrow," Medinsky said."
"On minor issues, positions are converging. However, on key political issues, we are actually trying to no avail."
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