The trains of vehicles carrying Ukrainian and Russian delegations arrived at the Turkish Presidential Office at the Dolmabah Palace on Friday (16) before the first peace negotiations in more than three years.
S. A meeting in IstanbulIt will be a sign of diplomatic progress between the parties to the conflict, which has not been personally found since March 2022, after the Russian invasion.
The progress expectations were already low, more shaken on Thursday (15), when US President Donald Trump said there would be no progress without A meeting between him And Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Trump, who ended a trip to the Middle East and returning to Washington, on Friday that he would meet with the Russian leader, “Once we can register,” Trump, who ended a trip to the Middle East and returning to Washington on Friday.
No Sunday (11), Putin suggested direct talks with Ukraine in TarkayiHowever, he refused the challenge facing Ukrainian President Folodimir Zelinski to find him personally and sent an average negotiation team.
Zelinski stated that the Kremlin leader’s decision not to appear, but to send what he called a “decorative” assortment, showed that the Russian leader did not take the end of the war seriously.
Russia has accused Ukraine of trying to “make an offer” in negotiations.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who also traveled to Istanbul on Friday (16), told reporters on the night before, based on the level of negotiating teams, the progress was unlikely.