China News Agency, Nur-Sultan, March 13. Comprehensive news: According to Ukrainian media reports on the 12th, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told the media that Jerusalem, Israel, can become a negotiating place between Ukraine and Russia.
According to Ukraine's Independent News Agency, Zelensky said on the same day that he had a positive attitude towards the Israeli Prime Minister as a mediator of the conflict, "because Israel is a country with a long history and many similarities with Ukraine."
FILE PHOTO: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Zelensky also said on the 12th that he hopes that the Ukrainian-Russian peace process can be implemented into concrete actions.
Zelensky said that the Ukrainian-Russian negotiating team has begun to discuss specific issues.
In this regard, Ukraine and Russia have also confirmed that the negotiations will continue in the form of video conferences.
In an interview with Kommersant on the 12th, Podoljak, a member of the Ukrainian delegation in the Ukrainian-Russian negotiation and the adviser to the director of the Ukrainian President's Office, said in an interview with Kommersant that after the third round of negotiations between Ukraine and Russia, the two sides conducted a series of communication via video and established working group.
At present, the two sides are close to reaching a compromise on signing the relevant agreement.
Podoljak said that if the two sides can sign a comprehensive and comprehensive agreement, the fourth round of negotiations between Ukraine and Russia will follow.
On March 7, local time, the third round of negotiations between the Russian delegation and the Ukrainian delegation ended in the Belovezh Forest in Belarus.
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.
According to a report by the Link News Network, Ukraine and Russia have put forward a variety of proposals to resolve the conflict.
For the Ukrainian side, the agreement to be signed should include a ceasefire between the two sides, the withdrawal of Russian troops, the signing of a peace agreement, the repair of damaged infrastructure in Ukraine, etc., as well as ensuring Ukraine's security.
At present, the working group is studying relevant plans and discussing at the legal level to form a text, and the final text of the agreement will be signed by the presidents of the two countries.
Since Russia announced the launch of a special military operation in Ukraine on February 24, the delegations of the two countries have held three rounds of negotiations in Belarus. The foreign ministers of Ukraine and Russia also met in Turkey, but there was no substantial progress.
At the same time, the United States and the West have adopted more intensive sanctions against Russia.
According to Ukraine's independent news agency, Zelensky said on the 12th that about 1,300 Ukrainian soldiers have died since the conflict broke out between Ukraine and Russia.
According to reports, this is also the first time Zelensky has announced the death toll of the Ukrainian army.
According to Ukrainian News Agency, Zelensky said in a video speech in the early morning of the 13th that all humanitarian corridors in Ukraine were opened on the 12th, and a total of 12,729 people were evacuated.
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