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It is important to hold additional technical consultations as soon as possible to agree on all the details and technical aspects of the implementation, monitoring and control of the arrangements,
Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov, who took part in the talks, wrote on social media There is an understanding that the contacts will continue, but there is nothing concrete at the moment,
Zelenskyy confirms his inability to observe agreements and makes it impossible for outside guarantors of any potential agreements to control him,
We’re talking about technical negotiations, negotiations with immersion in details,
We were at it all day from morning until late at night,
Karasin was quoted by the agency as saying on Tuesday Given the sad experience of agreements with just Kyiv, the guarantees can only be the result of an order from Washington to Zelenskyy and his team to do one thing and not the other,
Lavrov said in an muted affront to Ukraine In this case, Ukraine will have full right to exercise right to self-defence,
he wrote, drawing clear red lines for engagement The United States will help restore Russia’s access to the world market for agricultural and fertilizer exports, lower maritime insurance costs and enhance access to ports and payment systems for such transactions,
said a White House statement The United States will continue to facilitate negotiations between both sides to achieve a peaceful resolution, in line with the agreements made in Riyadh,
We are... for restarting in some kind of form, in a more acceptable way for everyone, the Black Sea Initiative,
Lavrov was quoted as saying by Russian news agencies Russia will need clear guarantees when resuming the Black Sea initiative, which can only be achieved on Washington’s orders to [Ukrainian President Volodymyr] Zelensky,
It’s now a matter of technical negotiations,
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters All parties agreed to develop measures for implementing the Presidents' agreement to ban strikes against energy facilities of Ukraine and Russia."
On Monday, we mainly intend to discuss President Putin’s agreement to resume the so-called Black Sea initiative, and our negotiators will be ready to discuss the nuances around this problem,
The discussion was productive and focused -- we addressed key points including energy,
Umerov said on social media, It is necessary not so much to wait for breakthroughs, but to understand that work is going on a number of directions. This is one of them,
she told Russian media on Monday In general, of course, there are many, many different aspects of the settlement to be worked out,
There’s a view within — within the country of Russia that — that these are Russian territories, that there are referendums within these territories that justify these actions,
Not all negotiations necessarily yield some major documents and agreements. It’s important to maintain contact all the time and understand each other’s standpoint. That’s what we’ve managed to do.”
Asked about the possibility of an agreement in Monday’s talks, Karasin said The Kremlin has blunted the White House's momentum generated by the Jeddah talks and has turned the discussion into a lingering one,
he wrote, referring to the meeting this month where Ukraine accepted the United States’ proposal for a full ceasefire