KIEV - Ukraine is ready for trilateral negotiations with the United States and Russia, reported the Interfax-Ukraine news agency on Friday, citing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Zelensky said Ukraine has agreed to trilateral meetings and is ready to hold talks anywhere. However, due to tensions in the Middle East, the US side is currently not traveling abroad and may only hold meetings within the United States, he said.
He suggested that Russia may be ready to meet in any country except the United States.
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Moscow is in contact with Washington regarding the Ukraine issue and expects negotiations to continue as soon as circumstances allow, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told a daily press briefing on Thursday.
Peskov added that no progress has been made on key issues in talks on the Ukraine crisis, including territorial questions.
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Delegations from Ukraine, the United States and Russia previously held two rounds of talks in Abu Dhabi on Jan 23-24 and Feb 4-5, followed by another round in Geneva on Feb 17-18.
