Negotiations in the Ukraine War: Personal Conversations in Turkey

Created: 03/27/2022, 19:14

By: Daniel Dillman

While fighting in the Ukraine war continues, Russia and Ukraine want to come together for new peace negotiations in Turkey.

• On Monday, Russia* and Ukraine* want to continue the peace negotiations in the Ukraine war*.

• Representatives from Kyiv* and Moscow* are coming to Antalya at the invitation of Turkey*.

• Will the negotiators of Vladimir Putin* and Volodymyr Zelenskyj* make a breakthrough in the Ukraine conflict*?

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Moscow/Kyiv - Russia and Ukraine have agreed on a new round of negotiations to end the Ukraine war.

They will meet on Monday (March 28th, 2022) for talks in Turkey.

"During today's video conference talks, it was decided to hold the next round in person in Turkey from March 28 to 30," Ukrainian negotiator David Arachamia said on Sunday (March 27, 2022) on the online network Facebook.

The negotiators of Ukraine and Russia had already met in Turkey on March 10 for negotiations in the Ukraine war.

At the invitation of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan* they met in Antalya.

At the time, however, the parties in Turkey could not agree on a ceasefire.

The fighting for Ukrainian cities like Kyiv, Mariupol and Kharkiv had only continued with even greater severity.

Ukraine War: Negotiations between Russia and Ukraine continue in Turkey.

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Ukraine war: Next negotiations between Russia and Ukraine will take place again in Turkey

As early as Friday (March 25, 2022), Vladimir Medinsky, chief negotiator for Russian President Vladimir Putin, declared that the negotiations were not making any progress on the central issues.

“The positions agree on secondary points.

But we are not making any progress on the main political issues, ”said Medinski, according to Russian news agencies.

According to the dpa news agency, Moscow continues to insist on the neutrality, demilitarization and "denazification" of Ukraine.

The Kremlin is also demanding recognition of the sovereignty of Russian-occupied Crimea and recognition of the independence of the two pro-Russian "republics" in eastern Ukraine, Donetsk and Luhansk.

In Luhansk, the separatist leadership had announced a referendum to decide whether the breakaway areas should be annexed to Russia.

Ukraine conflict: Ukraine complains that negotiations with Russia are "very difficult"

The Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba also described the negotiations with Russia in the Ukraine war as "very difficult".

The government of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj demands a complete withdrawal of Russian forces from Ukraine and refuses to give up the areas in the east of the country.

According to Kuleba, the most important thing is "first and foremost a ceasefire, security guarantees and the territorial integrity of Ukraine".

In the past, Zelenskyy had repeatedly called for personal negotiations with Vladimir Putin to end the Ukraine war.

Putin has so far consistently remained silent about his willingness to hold such a meeting*.

(dil/dpa) As a mediator in the Ukraine war, Erdogan senses his chance*: The role could secure power for the Turkish president.