The head of the Russian negotiating board: We consider the Istanbul negotiations to continue the peace process.

According to RCO News Agency, Russian president Vladimir Madinsky, a Russian president and Russian chief of staff in Istanbul talks, said Thursday that the Russian delegation was in the current talks, long -term peace and the cause of the conflict.

“The task of direct negotiations with the Ukrainian side is to achieve long -term peace sooner or later by eliminating the root causes of the conflict,” the Russian News agency Madinsky said in a statement before the Ukrainian talks.

He said the Russian delegation in Istanbul has the necessary qualifications to conduct the negotiations, adding that the delegation is a constructive climate to find ways to resolve the Ukrainian conflict.

Medinski said the Russian delegation considers the negotiations of Istanbul to continue the peace process, which was cut off in year 6.

“Russian Defense Minister Andre Belvosov and all military commanders reported on May 5 to the Russian President Vladimir Putin,” he said.

Madinsky also said that negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin were described in detail before the negotiating team leaving Istanbul.

Prior to the Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Maria Zakharova, a spokesman for the Russian Foreign Ministry on the eve of Moscow and Kiev’s direct talks to be held in Istanbul, said: As the Russian president emphasized, the purpose of these negotiations is to eliminate the roots of conflict and create long -term and sustainable peace.

Zakharova told reporters that the Russian side is ready for serious negotiations.

The Russian president recently proposed to hold peace talks with Ukraine directly within the framework of Istanbul talks that had been halted in year 6. Subsequently, US President Donald Trump asked Ukraine to accept the offer.

Russian and Ukrainian delegations are said to have arrived in Türkiye to participate in the talks.

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