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Russian President Vladimir Putin has introduced he is not going to journey to Turkey to participate in talks between Moscow and Kyiv on Thursday, regardless of pleas from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to attend.
White Home officers mentioned that US President Donald Trump may also not go to Turkey for the talks after Putin introduced the listing of Russian attendees, all of whom are comparatively low-level officers.
Putin first proposed holding direct talks between Russia and Ukraine — “with out preconditions” — final Sunday, in response to a requirement from Ukraine’s western allies for a 30-day ceasefire in the warfare. He mentioned the negotiations could be held on Thursday in Turkey.
Putin mentioned the aim of the talks could be “to take away the foundation causes of the battle and transfer in direction of making a long-term, sturdy peace in a historic perspective”.
Zelenskyy mentioned he was prepared to attend, however provided that Putin additionally confirmed up, as a result of “all the pieces in Russia relies upon” on the Russian chief.
“So I mentioned that on [Thursday] I’ll go to Turkey and I’m prepared to fulfill Putin and an finish to the warfare was via direct talks with him,” Zelenskyy advised reporters in Kyiv.
Trump had hailed Putin’s initiative, describing it as a “probably nice day for Russia and Ukraine”. The president, who’s at present on an official go to to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar, had additionally mentioned he may make a detour to Turkey to attend the talks.
