[Regnum] The third round of negotiations between the delegations of Russia and Ukraine will take place over some time. This was reported on June 2 by TASS, citing a source.According to him, there will be no continuation of the negotiations on June 2. Presumably, the delegations will leave Istanbul by the evening.
"There will be a third round. For some time," the agency's source said.
The second round of Russian-Ukrainian talks took place on June 2 at the Ciragan Palace in Istanbul. The delegations communicated in Russian behind closed doors, and the meeting lasted just over an hour. According to some reports, the parties discussed prisoner exchanges.
Moscow was represented by Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin, Chief of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Igor Kostyukov and Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin. The delegation was headed by presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky. In addition, the negotiations were attended by Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, who noted in his welcoming speech that very important steps had been taken during the first meeting in Istanbul.
Before the start of the negotiations, Medinsky reported that the Russian side had received from Ukraine its version of the memorandum on peaceful settlement. The document was provided in Ukrainian and English. According to the publication of the Ukrainian publication "Obshchestvennoe", in the memorandum the Kiev regime, in particular, demanded an unconditional ceasefire as a condition for the negotiations.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, earlier on June 2, a source in Turkish diplomatic circles reported that Moscow and Kiev have not yet reached a specific agreement on new negotiations.
The previous meeting between Moscow and Kiev was in Istanbul on May 16. Following the meeting, the parties agreed to exchange prisoners in the format of 1,000 for 1,000 people. The exchange was carried out in three days. During the third stage of the exchange, 303 Russian servicemen were returned from the territory controlled by the Kiev regime. In exchange, 303 captured Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers were handed over to Ukraine.