“President Zelensky, in our conversation, asked for the opportunity to speak with Putin, and that Italy could help with this.

The participants of today's meeting made the same request.

It will not be easy, but the goal is for the presidents of Russia and Ukraine to sit at the same table, ”he told reporters in Brussels, his words are quoted by RIA Novosti.

Earlier, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Vladimir Zelensky is positive about the idea of ​​holding a trilateral meeting with him and Vladimir Putin.

As noted in the Kremlin, no one refuses to meet with Zelensky if this meeting helps to cut the “Gordian knot” of the situation in the southeast of the country.