INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday again called for direct talks with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, but stressed
Russia&s negotiation requirements related to Ukraine&s territorial integrity and sovereignty are unacceptable, according to a United States
media outlet.In an interview with CNN, Zelensky said he is ready for negotiations with Putin and believes that the Ukraine-Russia conflict
will not end without negotiations, Reuters reported.I think that we have to use any format, any chance in order to have a possibility of
negotiating, possibility of talking to Putin
But if these attempts fail, that would mean that this is a third World War,& he told CNN.The Ukrainian president, however, stressed that
some of Moscow&s demands for ending the conflict including the recognition of the independence of Donetsk and Lugansk and of Russia&s
sovereignty over Crimea are unacceptable.According to Reuters in another related development, Turkey&s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu
said in an interview with the Turkish newspaper Hurriyet Cavusoglu on Sunday that Russia and Ukraine were close to an agreement on key
issues which could lead to a ceasefire soon, read the report.Turkey is ready to host a meeting between Russian and Ukrainian leaders in its
capital of Ankara, according to Russian state-owned news agency Sputnik on Sunday.Ukraine&s presidential advisor Mykhailo Podolyak has said
the Ukraine-Russia talks will restart on Monday morning local time, with all negotiating groups having been doing intensive preparatory
work, Ukrainian Independent Information Agency of News reported on Sunday night.The post Zelensky again calls for direct talks with Putin
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