Since the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, the foreign ministers of the two countries had their first contact and talked for 90 minutes, and the Ukrainian side said that the progress of the talks was "difficult" and no ceasefire agreement was reached.
The Ukrainian foreign minister said that Ukraine is very strong and will not surrender.
The Russian foreign minister said Putin "does not refuse" to meet with Ukrainian President Zelenskiy.
- Without a ceasefire agreement, Ukraine will not surrender
According to the Russian TASS news agency reported on the 10th, on the morning of the 10th local time, Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kureba and Turkish Foreign Minister Chavushoglu held talks between the three foreign ministers in Antalya, Turkey.
Russian news agency reported on the 10th that Kureba said that during the meeting with Lavrov, issues related to the opening of humanitarian channels and ceasefire mechanisms were discussed. After the talks, Culeba said no progress had been made on the ceasefire.
Kureba went on to say that the Russian side proposed that if Ukraine did not surrender, Russia would not cease fire, but Ukraine is strong and we will not surrender.
- Russia has no plans to attack other countries, including Ukraine
On March 10, local time, Lavrov said at a press conference that Russia has made specific proposals for a solution to Ukraine in the final round of negotiations with Ukraine, and Ukraine has studied this and will give a reply.
At present, Russia's special military operations in Ukraine are continuing, and Russia has no plans to attack other countries, including Ukraine, but the Ukrainian attacks on Donetsk and Luhansk are carefully planned.
- Western involvement creates a security threat
Russia said the West is supplying Ukraine with lethal weapons, and countries that supply weapons to Ukraine and send mercenaries should understand the need to take responsibility for their actions.
The Ukrainian foreign minister revealed that the West gave Ukraine a lot of individual anti-aircraft missiles, and then did not know where these missiles would run, which would pose a threat to civil aviation safety.
- Both sides want to open humanitarian corridors
The Russians and Ukrainians talked about how to alleviate the suffering of civilians held hostage in (crisis) situations. The Russian side reiterated its proposal to open a daily humanitarian corridor in Ukraine.
The Ukrainian foreign minister said that the main goal of the talks is to open up the humanitarian corridor.
- Putin "does not refuse" to see Zelenskiy
According to the Russian News Agency reported on the 10th, Lavrov said that he discussed with Kureba the possibility of Russian President Putin meeting with Ukrainian President Zelenskiy.
According to a report by Russia's TASS news agency on the 10th, Lavrov said that Putin "does not refuse" to meet with Ukrainian President Zelenskiy, and the meeting between the leaders of the two countries may one day be held.
- Negotiations will continue
Agence France-Presse (AFP), Lavrov also said That Russia wants to continue negotiations with Ukraine.
In addition, in response to a question raised by a CCTV reporter about the positive results of the talks, Lavrov said that the talks with Kureba cannot replace the Russian-Ukrainian talks in Belarus, which is the main venue for the talks. All specific issues, de-militarization, de-Nazismization, etc., are being discussed in Belarus.
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Editor 丨Sun Rui