MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia is able to resume peace negotiations with Ukraine in Istanbul, Russian state information company TASS cited a international ministry official as saying on Wednesday.
No face-to-face talks have taken place between the 2 sides since they met within the Turkish metropolis on July 23. TASS quoted the official, Alexei Polishchuk, as saying that Turkish officers had repeatedly urged a resumption of the peace negotiations.
“The Russian staff is prepared for this, the ball is within the Ukrainian court docket,” he mentioned.
Ukraine rejects Kremlin assertions that it’s in charge for the stalled peace course of, because the struggle nears the tip of its fourth 12 months.
On the July 23 assembly, which lasted simply 40 minutes, the Ukrainian aspect proposed a gathering in August between President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The Kremlin subsequently mentioned Putin was keen to satisfy Zelenskiy, however solely in Moscow – a situation rejected by Kyiv.
(Reporting by Reuters, Writing by Mark Trevelyan and Felix Mild; Enhancing by Sharon Singleton)