– Imagine the Vatican as a place to talk. Well, I would say that it's a bit inelegantthat Orthodox countries discuss matters on the Catholic land regarding the elimination of the original causes (wars) – he said Sergei Lavrov.
The Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin said on May 16 that the new Pope “intends to make” the Vatican to a direct meeting between representatives of Russia and Ukraine.
This initiative – as AFP writes – Washington, Kiev and Brussels, look favorably against the fiasts of the first talks between Ukraine and Russia in Turkey, a few days ago.
War in Ukraine. Russia is working on the Memorandum, “Advanced Level”
Lavrov confirmed that another red conversation with Ukraine would take place, but he did not specify in which country or at what date.
He added that on the Russian side work on the Memorandum on future peace conversations are at the “advanced level”.
He repeated that Moscow would not allow Russian -speaking inhabitants of Ukraine to remain under the “junta” of the president Wołodymyr Zelanski. Russia accuses Ukraine of allegedly discriminating Russian -speaking people. Kyiv rejects these accusations.
Negotiations Ukraine-Russia. Reuters: Moscow will make the same demands
As the Reuters agency emphasized, Lavrov's statement shows that Russia during any peace conversations will make the same demandswhich at the very beginning of the invasion of Ukraine.
On Thursday, the Bloomberg agency wrote to sources that the Kremlin is not interested in peace conversations with Ukraine, in which the Vatican would get involved. Authorities in Moscow believe that the best place to conduct further negotiations There is Türkiye.
Türkiye. Meeting of the delegation of Russia and Ukraine
A week ago there was the first official meeting of the delegation of Ukraine and Russia in three years. The talks were organized in Turkish Istanbul.
– Moscow is satisfied with the results of the meeting and She is ready to continue talking to Kiev – reported a member of the Russian delegation Vladimir Miedinski After talks with Ukrainian representatives.
He also reported that both sides agreed to exchange of prisoners of war – 1000 out of 1000, which is one of the largest such exchanges from the beginning of the conflict. “Each of the parties will present their vision of the future suspension of weapons in detail,” said Reuters, citing Russian sources.