Russia proposes to organise a meeting between the presidents of Russia and Ukraine, Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky, after a bilateral treaty is signed by the foreign ministers of the two countries, Russian presidential adviser Vladimir Medinsky, who is leading the Russian delegation to the talks with Ukraine, said on Tuesday, Russian news agency TASS reported.
The steps to precede the meeting
"After today's substantial discussion, we agreed and propose a solution, according to which a meeting between the heads of state is possible simultaneously with the signing of the treaty by the foreign ministers, all the more so that during this examination of the details of this treaty, it will be possible to discuss various political nuances and details," he said after the Russian-Ukrainian talks in Istanbul.
"Thus, if work on the treaty and the required compromise proceeds quickly, the possibility of peace will be much closer," he added."
According to Medinsky, the Russian side said earlier that such a meeting would be possible when the treaty drafted by the negotiators and foreign ministers of the two countries was ready for signing. "The format is as follows: first a treaty is drafted, then it is approved by the negotiators, signed by the foreign ministers in a face-to-face meeting, and only then a possible meeting between the heads of state to sign this treaty is organised," he said. "It is not a simple affair, much less a multilateral meeting involving the states that guarantee peace and security in Ukraine."
De-escalation does not mean a ceasefire
Russia's pledge to de-escalate its military operations around Kiev and northern Ukraine does not mean a ceasefire, he still said
[BR][BR]"This is not a ceasefire but this is our expectation, to gradually achieve a de-escalation of the conflict at least on these fronts," Vladimir Medinsky said in an interview with TASS (reported by Reuters), referring to the promise to de-escalate military operations near the cities of Kiev and Chernigiv.
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