First Deputy Foreign Minister Serhii Kyslytsia and Ukrainian delegation member Oleksandr Bevz have met with representatives of Ukraine’s European partners – Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom – ahead of negotiations with the Russian delegation in Istanbul.

Source: Foreign Ministry spokesman Heorhii Tykhyi on X (Twitter), as reported by European Pravda

Details: On 2 June in Istanbul, Kyslytsia and Bevz held talks with representatives of Germany, Italy and the UK. The parties coordinated their positions ahead of a meeting of the Ukrainian and Russian delegations later today. The Ukrainian delegation reaffirmed the country’s commitment to peace efforts.

The Ukrainian side outlined the agenda items in detail, including a meeting of the two leaders, a full ceasefire and humanitarian confidence-building measures.

Background: 

• On 1 June, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy approved the updated composition of Ukraine’s delegation for negotiations with Russia in Istanbul aimed at achieving a just and lasting peace.
• As in the previous delegation, it is headed by Defence Minister Rustem Umierov. However, Oleksii Malovatskyi, head of the International and Operational Law Directorate at the General Staff’s Legal Department, was excluded.
• Three new members – Andrii Fomin, Yevhenii Ostrianskyi and Yurii Kovbasa – have been added.
• On 2 June, the Ukrainian delegation arrived in Türkiye for the second round of negotiations with the Russian delegation, scheduled to begin at around 13:00 Kyiv time.

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