Russo-Ukraine war: Vladimir Putin unwilling to meet Zelensky, says Turkey.
Highlight
- Turkey says Russian President Vladimir Putin is still unwilling to meet his Ukrainian counterpart
- Key points of focus on possible agreement between Ukraine, Russia in the proposed meeting
- Turkey is looking forward to holding a meeting between Putin and Zelensky
Russo-Ukraine War: Turkey, which is working hard to bring Moscow and Kyiv to the negotiating table in an effort to end the ongoing war, has said Russian President Vladimir Putin is still unwilling to meet his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky Huh.
Speaking to local media outlets, Ibrahim Kalin, a government spokesman in Ankara, said that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has proposed a meeting between the leaders of the two warring countries in Turkey in an effort to end the ongoing war, Ukrainska. Pravda report.
“Zelensky is ready to do so. On the contrary, Putin believes that the parties have not yet reached a common vision sufficient to negotiate at the head of state,” Kalin was quoted as saying.
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According to the spokesman, the main focus of Erdogan’s proposed meeting will be on a possible agreement between Ukraine and Russia, after which detailed talks on the deal will continue.
Kalin said Putin made six key points during talks with Erdogan, which were Ukraine’s neutrality and refusal to join NATO in the future; ‘Demilitarization’ in accordance with the Austrian security model and the mutual provision of security guarantees; Nazism; removal of “barriers” to the widespread use of the Russian language; Status recognition of “Donetsk People’s Republic”, “Luhansk People’s Republic”; and recognition of Russia’s annexation of Crimea.
According to the spokesperson, the Ukrainian delegation apparently discussed the first four points with the Russians, but is not ready to discuss the fifth and sixth as well, Ukrainska Pravda reported.
Therefore, Turkey is looking forward to holding a meeting between Putin and Zelensky after which further progress can be made in the talks.
Kalin added that neither Ukraine nor the world community is likely to readily agree to recognition of Russia’s occupation of Crimea and the Donbass region, which includes Luhansk and Donetsk, “that it is a major violation of international law.” “.
He said Russia was trying to negotiate from a position of strength, but “not to forget that the continuation of the war would primarily affect the Russian military and economy”.
On 10 March, a tripartite meeting of the foreign ministers of Moscow, Kyiv and Ankara was held in Antalya under the initiative of Turkey.
However, no progress was made on the ceasefire.
Russian officials on 16 March announced their readiness to continue talks with Ukraine in a tripartite format.
Earlier this month, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov assured that Russia was not against personal talks between Zelensky and Putin.
(with agency input)
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