Kremlin Says Will Reveal Team for Ukraine Talks As Soon As Putin Thinks Fit
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Moscow will announce the names of its negotiators for peace talks with Ukraine, scheduled to take place in Istanbul on May 15, as soon as Russian President Vladimir Putin thinks fit, the Kremlin spokesman said.
Dmitry Peskov answered in the negative when reporters asked him whether he could comment on who will represent Russia at the upcoming talks.
"We will make an announcement as soon as the president thinks fit," he said, TASS reported.
Speaking to reporters in the Kremlin in the small hours of May 11, the Russian leader invited the Kiev authorities to resume the direct talks they broke off in 2022 without any preliminary conditions. Putin proposed to launch a dialogue on May 15 in Istanbul.
He said Russia had declared ceasefires more than once but all of them, including the latest three-day V-Day truce, were violated by Kiev.
Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky shared his plans to arrive in the Turkish capital on Thursday. His statement came after US President Donald Trump urged Ukraine to immediately agree to Putin’s proposal to negotiate. Before that, Zelensky conditioned talks with Moscow on a 30-day ceasefire.
