INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Talks in Istanbul in between Turkeys top diplomat and a Russian delegation have actually ended with the two sides set to reunite Friday with
the Ukrainians, a foreign ministry source said.The conference between Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and the delegation headed by Vladimir
Medinsky at Istanbuls Dolmabahe Palace ended up late on Thursday, the source added
The conference has actually ended
Tomorrow there will be more talks in different formats, he stated, suggesting that trilateral talks between Russia, Ukraine and Turkey are
There would likewise be a round of U.S., Ukrainian and Turkish talks
It has actually not been settled whether there will be a quadrilateral format, organizing officials from all four countries, he
added.Russia and Ukraine had been expected to fulfill Thursday in Istanbul for their first direct peace talks in more than 3 years.But as
the day wore on with no concrete signs of timings, it remained uncertain when the sides would meet, with U.S
Secretary of State Marco Rubio recommending the meetings would occur on Friday.Speaking to press reporters on the sidelines of a NATO top in
the southern seaside city of Antalya, Rubio said he would satisfy Ukraines top diplomat, Andrii Sybiha, in Istanbul on Friday.And he stated
official would meet the Russian delegation
we do not have high expectations of what will occur tomorrow, Rubio told press reporters, saying he hoped Turkey would work to bring the 2
delegations together.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who had actually flown to Turkey in the hope of fulfilling a high-level Russian
delegation in Istanbul, instead remained in Ankara, where he held talks with Turkeys Recep Tayyip Erdoan.With Russia appearing with a fairly
low-level group, Zelensky then chose to send his defense minister, Rustem Umerov, to lead the Ukrainian delegation.Medinsky, who heads the
Russian group, is a hawkish adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin who has questioned Ukraines right to exist and led stopped working
talks in 2022 at the start of the war.
