THE Russia and Ukraine remain “agreed” to meet again with their representatives in Turkey for negotiationsdespite recent developments in the field, a high-ranking Turkish official said today.
“Russia and Ukraine agree to hold talks in Turkey, but it is still far from an agreement on a common text” said the official, who asked not to be named.
He confirmed that the issue of Crimea and Donbass is difficult to resolve. He did not give a timetable for the possible new meeting of the two delegations in Turkey.
Live conversations last took place on March 29 in Istanbul and were discussed “The most sensitive issues” such as “neutrality” of Ukraine, he noted the Turkish official. But he revealed that some were presented difficulties with Ukraine’s “security guarantees”because some of the countries proposed as guarantors are worried that “they will be dragged into a confrontation with Russia”, he explained.
Russia said on Thursday that Ukraine had withdrawn from some of the positions it had presented at the Istanbul talks, which Moscow had welcomed, but the Turkish official said he was unaware of them.
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