According to his own statement, the Kremlin is ready for discussions with the Ukrainian government in Istanbul. It remains open whether Russian President Vladimir Putin will participate on Thursday. The Ukrainian President Wolodyymyr Senskyj had previously called Putin to participate in the negotiations.
“It’s his war. That is why negotiations have to go with him. It seems to me (Putin, Noot) scared,” Senskyj said. According to his own statement, he will certainly travel to Turkey and meet Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara.
If Putin does not appear on Thursday, it was a clear signal for the world that the Russian government does not want peace and “was not ready for serious negotiations,” said the head of the Ukrainian presidential chancellery, Andrij Jermak. If the ruler does not travel to Turkey, there must be sanctions against Russia. A NATO membership of Ukraine would bring security guarantees.
The American Foreign Minister is traveling
US President Donald Trump did not know on Wednesday if Putin would come. “He wants me to be there. I don’t know if he comes when I’m not there. We will discover it,” he said. Trump is currently in the middle, on Wednesday he broke up from Saudi Arabia to Qatar. Foreign Minister Marco Rubio and the special envoys Steve Witkoff and Keith Kellogg will travel from the United States to Turkey.
“Trump must be convinced that Putin is lying. When I meet Putin, it has to end with a political victory -a cease -the fire or an exchange of prisoners all with everyone,” Senskyj said about the German newsmagazine “Spiegel”.
Senskyj: “Can’t agree in everything”
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Source: Krone
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