Russian Presidential Aide Vladimir Medinsky came out of the Russia-Ukraine talks in Istanbul today, indicating progress on a number of points at issue between Russia and Ukraine, possibly even leading to a treaty and, eventually, a meeting between Presidents Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky. “After today’s meaningful conversation, we agreed and suggest a solution, under which a meeting between the heads of state is possible concurrently with the initialing of the treaty by the foreign ministers, the more so as during this initialing and consideration of the treaty’s details, it will be possible to discuss various political nuances and details,” he said.
“The format was as follows: first, a treaty is drafted, then it is approved by the negotiators, signed by foreign ministers at a personal meeting, and only after that a possible meeting between the heads of state is organized to sign this treaty,” he said. “It is not a simple matter, the more so as it could be a multilateral meeting involving guarantor nations of peace and security in Ukraine.”
