Russian delegation, led by presidential adviser, Vladimir Medinsky, Chief of the Turkish General Staff, Metin Gurak, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, Turkey’s intelligence chief, Ibrahim Kalin, Ukrainian delegation led by Ukrainian Defence Minister Rustem Umerov, attend a meeting at Ciragan Palace on the day of the second round of peace talks between Russia and Ukraine, in Istanbul, Turkey, June 2, 2025.
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Russia is ready to resume peace negotiations with Ukraine in Istanbul, Russian state news agency TASS cited a Foreign Ministry official as saying on Wednesday (November 11).
No face-to-face talks have taken place between the two sides since they met in the Turkish city on July 23.
TASS quoted the official, Alexei Polishchuk, as saying that Turkish officials had repeatedly urged a resumption of the peace negotiations.
“The Russian team is ready for this, the ball is in the Ukrainian court,” he said.
Ukraine rejects Kremlin assertions that it is to blame for the stalled peace process, as the war nears the end of its fourth year.
At the July 23 meeting, which lasted just 40 minutes, the Ukrainian side proposed a meeting in August between President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The Kremlin subsequently said Mr. Putin was willing to meet Mr. Zelenskyy, but only in Moscow — a condition rejected by Kyiv.
Published – November 12, 2025 09:58 pm IST
