Türkiye says there are no obstacles to Zelenskyy-Putin meeting
Photo: Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan (Getty Images)
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan made a new statement on a possible meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian leader Vladimir Putin, reports memurlar.net.
According to him, Moscow is now ready to hold a third round of negotiations, and it remains for the Ukrainian side to respond.
The minister added that a possible meeting between Zelenskyy and Putin is being discussed. Unlike situations in the past, currently no one, including Putin, sees obstacles to such a meeting.
“There are no obstacles to a meeting between Trump, Putin, Zelenskyy, and our president,” Fidan added.
Possible meeting between Zelenskyy and Putin
Even before the start of the first round of negotiations between Ukraine and Russia, which took place on May 16, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had put forward the initiative of holding a personal meeting with Vladimir Putin. However, Moscow ignored this proposal and instead sent a delegation to the talks whose level was significantly lower than expected.
Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump expressed readiness to join a potential meeting between Zelenskyy and Putin. The American leader later abandoned this idea.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, on the other hand, stated that Putin is interested in a future trilateral meeting with Trump and Zelenskyy. But he wants to meet only after all technical details are worked out and agreed upon within the framework of a future ceasefire or long-term peace agreement.
Ukraine-Russia talks
The first round of negotiations took place on May 16 in Istanbul. The parties agreed to a prisoner exchange in the 1,000-for-1,000 format.
On June 2, the second round of peace negotiations between the Ukrainian and Russian delegations was completed in Istanbul. It lasted about an hour. Türkiye acted as a mediator. Read about the second round in the RBC-Ukraine article.
Later, Fidan stated that Türkiye expects a new round of negotiations between Ukraine and Russia, as progress was achieved at the June 2 meeting in Istanbul.
