Putin and Zelenskiy could meet soon, says Ukraine's top negotiator
Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskiy could meet “soon”, a senior aide to Ukraine’s president has claimed, even as the Kremlin downplayed hopes of an early breakthrough in the peace talks.
The head of Ukraine’s negotiating team, Mykhailo Podolyak, a key adviser to Zelenskiy, said on Wednesday that Moscow was scrutinising proposals submitted by Kyiv in Istanbul which he believed could lead to a presidential peace summit.
“We can expect a presidential meeting to be held some time soon,” Podolyak said. “When is too early to tell, but it is a logistical issue.”
Putin’s spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov, said it was “positive” that Ukraine had set out its position, but he talked down expectations of a summit.
At: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/30/putin-and-zelenskiy-could-meet-soon-says-ukraines-top-negotiator
Ukraine’s negotiating team director Mykhailo Podolyak (left) shakes hands with his Russian counterparts during negotiations earlier this month in neighboring Belarus.
Podolyak said today that “we can expect a presidential meeting to be held some time soon” between Presidents Zelenskiy and Putin.
But Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov talked down expectations of a summit.
“We cannot state that there was anything too promising or any breakthroughs,” he said, adding that there was “a lot of work to be done.”
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as the official Zelensky-inspired dress code of Ukrainian government...
Don't eat or drink anything, guys. And wash your hands.
ZOOM it, face time, make sure every location is scrambled.
Why the F Putin want to meet with him, he will lie to him and make promises he knows he won't keep.
