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To spread: the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavr...

"Istanbul is very good": the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation wants a new round of negotiations with Ukraine in Turkey

To spread: the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov stated that for the second round of Russian-Ukrainian negotiations would again turn to Turkey. According to him, "Istanbul is very good. " This was reported by Russian Interfax.

"As for the negotiations of Russia and Ukraine, if you ask me, I would turn to our Turkish friends again," in Istanbul is very good, "he said at a joint press conference in Moscow with a Turkish colleague, answering questions about the possible place of the second round of negotiations. For his part, Turkish Foreign Minister Khakan Fidan said: "We are always ready to give the playground, we always talked about it. We consider it a duty to ensure peace on the planet.

" It should be noted that earlier the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation expressed a skeptical attitude to the possibility of conducting Russian-Ukrainian negotiations near the Vatican. "There are many people there when it (meeting of representatives of Russia and Ukraine - ed. ) Will happen. We have no ideas now, but I will say honestly (…) so that they do not spend mental ability to work out options that are not very realistic. Imagine the Vatican as a place of negotiations.

(conflict - ed. ), "Lavrov said. Recall that US and Europe leaders have hope for the Vatican as a possible mediator in peace talks between Russia and Ukraine after President Donald Trump said that Pope Lev XIV has shown interest in this initiative. At the same time, the Kremlin shows restraint, and Russian officials do not plan visits to the Vatican.