Russia and Ukraine remaineagerto hold new talks in Turkey despite recent abuses, particularly in Boutcha, a senior Turkish official said on Friday April 8.
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“Russia and Ukraine keen to meet again in Turkey, but still far from agreement on common textThis high-level official told reporters, declining to be named. The question of the status of Crimea and Donbass remains difficult to decide, confirmed this same source, which did not advance a date concerning a possible new meeting on Turkish soil between the two parties.
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The diplomatic aspect of the crisis between Russia and Ukraine shows no signs of progress. Russia said on Thursday that Ukraine had backtracked on some of the proposals it made during talks in late March in Istanbul that Russia said it welcomed. Turkey has twice hosted direct negotiations between kyiv and Moscow, on March 10 at ministerial level in Antalya (south), and on March 29 in Istanbul, but “the positive atmosphere that emanated from them was unfortunately overshadowed” by the events of Boutcha and Irpin, said Thursday the head of Turkish diplomacy Mevlüt Cavusoglu.
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