Speaking on a television broadcast, David Arakhamia hinted that talks aimed at ending hostilities had made significant progress.
"
The Russian Federation has given an official response to all (Ukrainian) positions, namely that it accepts them, except with regard to the issue of Crimea
", annexed by Moscow in 2014, assured David Arakhamia.
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The negotiator also said that if a meeting between Ukrainian Presidents Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin were to eventually take place, it would "
most likely
" take place in Turkey.
Turkish head of state Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who hosted the Russian and Ukrainian delegations in his country this week, "
called us and Vladimir Putin
" on Friday, saying he would host such a meeting, he said. revealed.
“
We don't know the date or the place, but we think the place will most likely be Ankara or Istanbul
,” David Arakhamia noted.
Since the start of the February 24 invasion of Ukraine, Zelensky has repeatedly called for one-on-one talks with Putin.
The Ukrainian negotiator pointed out that Moscow had agreed during the talks that a referendum on Ukraine's neutrality would be "
the only way out of this situation
".
If the Ukrainians do not agree to such a status, “
we will either return to a state of war, perhaps, or to new negotiations
”.
The Kremlin insisted on the fact that Ukraine should give up joining NATO and opt for neutrality.