China News Agency, Moscow, March 7 (Reporter Tian Bing) The third round of negotiations between the Russian delegation and the Ukrainian delegation in the Belovezh Forest in Belarus ended on the 7th.
This round of negotiations lasted about 3 hours.
Both sides said that although the talks did not achieve the expected results, they will continue to conduct the next round of negotiations on related issues.
The head of the Russian delegation and assistant to the Russian president, Mekinsky, said after the negotiation that although the current negotiation has not achieved the expected results, Russia and Ukraine will continue to negotiate.
He said that the results that the Russian side hoped to reach in the negotiations have not been achieved, but they hope that the next round of negotiations can achieve substantial progress.
In addition, he said that the Russian side had hoped to sign the minutes of the talks with the Ukrainian side at the negotiation site, but failed to sign any documents in the end.
Mezynski said that Russia hopes that the humanitarian corridor will start operating on the 8th, and the Uzbek side has assured Russia on this issue.
Slutsky, a member of the Russian delegation and chairman of the Russian State Duma International Affairs Committee, said that the fourth round of talks between Russia and Ukraine will be held in Belarus in the near future.
Negotiations with Ukraine will continue, he noted, but there will be no immediate final result and that hard and ongoing work will be required.
Podoljak, a member of the Ukrainian delegation and adviser to the Ukrainian president's chief of staff, said on social media that some progress had been made in negotiations between the two sides on the logistical transport of humanitarian corridors.
However, on key military and political issues such as the ceasefire and security, no results have been achieved so far that can significantly improve the situation, and the two sides will continue to consult intensively on this.
Avdonin, an analyst at the Belarusian Institute of Strategic Studies, commented that the third round of negotiations between Russia and Ukraine shows that the two sides are ready to continue communication and continue to negotiate to formulate a plan acceptable to both sides.
Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine on February 24.
On February 28, Russia and Ukraine held their first negotiations in Gomel Oblast, Belarus.
On March 3, the two sides held the second round of negotiations in the Belovezh Forest in Belarus.
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