Talks between Russia, Ukraine to be held in Turkey

The delegations of Russia and Ukraine will meet again in Turkey for direct talks, Ukrainian negotiator David Arakhamia said.

“During another round of video negotiations, the next round of the direct meeting of the two delegations was decided to take place in Turkey on March 28th-30th,”, Arakhamia wrote on Facebook.

His Russian counterpart wrote in Telegram that the talks will take place on Tuesday and Wednesday.

View of meeting between Ukrainian and Russian foreign ministers in Turkey

High-level talks between the foreign ministers of Ukraine and Russia were held in Turkey earlier (10.03), which ended without any progress.

The summit announcement comes after two weeks of online talks and several rounds of direct talks, which from the Ukrainian side have been named as very difficult “”.

The world can't “burns up the bridges” with Moscow

Earlier, Turkey's presidential spokesman said the international community should continue to negotiate with Russia to end the war in Ukraine.

If everyone burns the bridges of communication with Russia, then who will talk to them”, Ibrahim Kalin said at the Doha international forum.

Kalin also called for more support for Ukraine. “Ukrains must be supported by any means possible so that they can be protected ... but even the Russian case should be heard one way or the other,” so that its complaints can be understood, if not justified, he added.

Turkey, a NATO member, has good relations with Russia and Ukraine and has offered to serve as mediators in the conflict. Ankara has criticised Moscow's invasion, but it has refused to join Western countries in sanctions against Russia. / DW/