Editor's be aware: This story has been up to date to incorporate extra feedback from Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov.
Russia has began forming a bunch for talks with america, together with on the warfare with Ukraine, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov advised Russian media on Feb. 13.
He mentioned Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump agreed throughout phone talks to instruct aides to organize for a face-to-face assembly instantly.
Peskov famous that Moscow will take into account the Minsk settlement's expertise in future negotiations.
"After all, the expertise of the Minsk agreements could be very eloquent, and we are going to all the time take this expertise under consideration in all additional steps," he mentioned.
The Minsk agreements, signed in 2014 and 2015 after Russian army offensives in Ukraine's Donbas, didn’t deliver lasting peace.
Moscow violated the phrases, utilizing them as leverage to push for larger autonomy for Russian-occupied territories whereas sustaining its affect over Ukraine.
Peskov additionally mentioned Russia has but to find out which nations would possibly take part in potential talks and confirmed no contact with European nations on the matter.
"There isn’t any understanding but of the format of a potential dialogue or negotiation course of," he mentioned.
On Feb. 12, Trump held separate telephone calls with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Putin, later claiming that each leaders "need to cease the tens of millions of deaths happening within the Battle with Russia/Ukraine."
Zelensky and Trump agreed to start working towards ending the warfare, in keeping with Andriy Yermak, head of Ukraine's Presidential Workplace.
Trump later introduced that he would meet with Putin in Saudi Arabia as a part of efforts to barter an finish to the warfare. It stays unclear to what extent Ukraine will likely be concerned in these discussions.
The Kyiv IndependentTim Zadorozhnyy
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