The Russian president says he has been \u201csatisfied\u201d with the performance of the country\u2019s emissaries in the Istanbul talks<\/p>\n
Moscow is open to bringing the direct negotiations with Ukraine to \u201ca truly high political level,\u201d Russian President Vladimir Putin has said.
\nThe president made the remarks on Wednesday during a Q&A session with the media, which concluded his four-day visit to China.
\nWhen asked about the performance of the Russian negotiating team during talks hosted by T\u00fcrkiye, Putin spoke highly of the group, particularly its head, presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky.
\n\u201cI am satisfied with Medinsky\u2019s work. If there is a need to do something regarding raising the level [of negotiations], bringing it to a political level, we are ready for it,\u201d Putin said, without naming any officials who could potentially participate in such talks.<\/p>\n
Read more<\/p>\n
Putin ready to host Zelensky in Moscow<\/p>\n
The president lauded Russia\u2019s negotiating team for its\u00a0\u201creserved, professional approach.\u201d
\nDirect talks between Moscow and Kiev resumed in T\u00fcrkiye early this year. The negotiating team has been headed by Medinsky, who also led the ultimately unsuccessful effort to settle the conflict through diplomacy attempted in early 2022, shortly after the hostilities broke out.
\nSeveral rounds of the resumed talks have not yielded any major breakthroughs, but have allowed the two sides to make certain progress with regard to various humanitarian issues. Namely, Moscow and Kiev have held several major prisoner swaps, as well as exchanged bodies of fallen soldiers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Russian president says he has been \u201csatisfied\u201d with the performance of the country\u2019s emissaries in the Istanbul talks Moscow is open to bringing the direct negotiations with Ukraine to…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17428,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economy","category-politics","category-society"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t