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Mykhailo Podolyak, adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymir Zelensky on the Istanbul talks, gave some details from the meeting. He said there had been “intensive consultations” on a number of issues, the main one being the agreement on international security guarantees for Ukraine.
“Only with such a pact can we end the war properly for Ukraine,” he said, referring to official Kiev’s position that its country agrees to neutral status, but only if it receives security guarantees.
Discussions also focused on the ceasefire and the resolution of all humanitarian problems that the country is currently facing. Forbes on the other hand writes that Russia is also ready for some concessions. Thus, according to him, the Russian negotiators are weighing an agreement which dictates Ukraine’s neutrality and prohibits it from joining NATO, or maintaining foreign military bases, but does not prevent it from claiming security guarantees from other countries and aiming membership in the European Union.
Earlier, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan expressed optimism about the outcome of this two-day round of talks in Istanbul, which he said could pave the way for a confrontation between the two countries’ leaders.
Erdogan: As members of the delegations you have taken on a historic responsibility. The whole world is waiting for the good news to come from you. Turkey is fully prepared to contribute to achieving peace.
Among the negotiators was the Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich, who is seen with headphones on and in good health, amid allegations of poisoning.
He further explained that he needs to leave Turkey for a visit to Uzbekistan, but said that Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu will stay in Istanbul to help facilitate the talks. Delegations are scheduled to hold two days of negotiations at a government building next to the 19th-century Ottoman palace of Dolmabahçe on the shores of the Bosphorus. Previous talks between the parties, held either in person in Belarus or via video links, have failed to make progress in ending a month-long war that has left thousands dead and forced more than 10 million Ukrainians to flee.
Ahead of the meeting, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said his country was ready to declare neutrality, as demanded by Moscow, and was open to compromise over the fate of Donbas, the disputed region in the east of the country.
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