Russia ready to brief Ukraine on peace memorandum on Monday in Turkey: Lavrov
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says Moscow is ready to brief Ukraine on a peace memorandum next Monday in Turkey.
Senior officials from Russia and Ukraine held direct talks in Istanbul on May 16. But there was no progress on negotiations for a ceasefire.
Days later, Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke with US President Donald Trump over the phone.
After their discussion, Putin said Russia was ready to work with the Ukrainian side on a memorandum on a potential peace treaty.
Lavrov issued a statement on Wednesday saying the Russian side had promptly developed a memorandum. He said it is ready to present the memorandum to the Ukrainian delegation and provide the necessary explanations during the next round of direct talks in Istanbul on Monday.
Lavrov said the memorandum outlines Russia's position on "all aspects of reliably overcoming the root causes of the crisis."
The Russian delegation to Turkey will again be led by presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky.
Medinsky said in a social media post on Wednesday that he had spoken on the phone with Ukraine's Defence Minister Rustem Umerov, who heads the Ukrainian delegation, and proposed when and where their meeting should take place.
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