China News Agency, Moscow, March 29 (Reporter Tian Bing and Zhang Shuo) The first day of the new round of Russia-Ukraine negotiations ended in Istanbul, Turkey on the 29th.
According to Russian-Ukrainian media reports, the negotiation site was set at the Dolmabahce Palace in Istanbul, and the media footage did not show the handshake of the members of the Russian-Ukrainian delegation.
This round of negotiations was held behind closed doors and closed to the media.
According to the report, the head of the Russian delegation and Russian presidential assistant Mekinsky had a one-on-one negotiation with Alahamia, a member of the Ukrainian delegation and the chairman of the parliamentary group of the Ukrainian People's Servant Party, for 1 hour and 20 minutes. Negotiations took place for nearly 4 hours.
It is reported that follow-up negotiations will continue in the form of video.
On the same day, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with representatives of the two sides before the talks, and expressed his willingness to facilitate the Russian-Ukrainian President to meet in Turkey.
According to local media reports, Erdogan said the negotiations had now entered a period where concrete results must be achieved.
He said the progress made by representatives of the two sides in the negotiations will enable the next phase of contacts between the leaders of the two countries.
According to the TASS news agency on the 29th, Mekinsky said after the talks that the negotiations between the two sides were very constructive. The Russian side is studying the Ukrainian side's proposal, and relevant information will be reported to President Vladimir Putin.
In addition, Mejinsky proposed that Putin's meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky could be held simultaneously with the initial signing of the peace treaty between the foreign ministries of the two countries.
Mejinsky said that if the two sides moved quickly and reached consensus on the signing of the treaty, peace would come sooner.
According to the Russian "Izvestia" report, Mekinsky also said that Russia has received a written proposal from Ukraine, confirming its willingness to maintain a neutral, non-aligned and non-nuclear status, and to give up the production and deployment of chemical and bacteriological weapons in It also prohibits foreign military bases and foreign troops from stationing in Ukrainian territory.
A member of the Russian delegation, Deputy Defense Minister Fomin said that in view of the negotiation of the draft treaty on Ukraine's neutrality and nuclear-free status and the provision of security guarantees to Ukraine, and taking into account the principles discussed during today's talks, Russia's defense The Ministry decided to significantly reduce military activities in the direction of Kyiv and Chernihiv in order to strengthen mutual trust, create the necessary conditions for further negotiations, and achieve the ultimate goal of coordinating and signing the above-mentioned agreements.
In response to the results of this round of negotiations, according to negotiators, if the delegations of the two sides cannot reach a "final result" in Istanbul, the talks may continue through video.
According to the Independent News Agency of Ukraine, Alahamia, a member of the Ukrainian delegation and chairman of the parliamentary group of the Ukrainian People’s Servant Party, said after the first day of talks that the delegations of the two sides had prepared enough materials for the meeting between the heads of state of Ukraine and Russia. It is hoped that the proposal to hold a meeting of the heads of state will be communicated to the Russian side and await the reply from the other side.
In addition, Ukrainian news agency quoted Podoljak, an adviser to the chief of the Ukrainian President's Office, as saying that the Uzbek side proposed to sign an international security guarantee agreement.
He said at a briefing held after the talks, "The two sides are currently conducting in-depth consultations on several important issues. The key is to reach an agreement on an international security guarantee agreement for Ukraine." He also said that the second issue currently under discussion is It's a ceasefire so that humanitarian issues can be resolved.
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