Russia did not expect a breakthrough from the third round of talks with Ukraine in Istanbul – Russian President's press secretary

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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News

Moscow, July 24 (Xinhua) — Russia did not expect a breakthrough during the latest round of talks with Ukraine in Istanbul, Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday, assessing the results of the talks between the two countries' delegations held the day before.

"We did not expect a breakthrough. A breakthrough is unlikely," TASS quotes him as saying.

As D. Peskov noted, Russia presented concrete and constructive proposals for settling the Ukrainian conflict at the negotiations. “The agenda is constructive, concrete and aimed specifically at substantive work that can lead to achieving concrete results,” he said.

The Kremlin spokesman praised the agreements reached on the exchange of citizens and bodies of fallen soldiers. “The continuation of the return of bodies of fallen soldiers is an extremely important humanitarian aspect, which, from our point of view, should be on the agenda,” he noted.

At the same time, D. Peskov emphasized that the head of the Russian delegation, Vladimir Medinsky, confirmed the diametrically opposed approaches of the parties to the draft memorandums on the ceasefire following the third round. –0–

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