Russia, Ukraine ‘close to agreement’ in negotiations, says Turkey

ANKARA, 21 March 2022, (TON): Turkey has said “Russia and Ukraine made progress on their negotiations to halt the war and the two sides were “close to an agreement”.

Russian forces invaded Ukraine on February 24 with President Vladimir Putin calling his country’s actions a special operation meant to demilitarise Ukraine and purge it of what he sees as dangerous nationalists.

Foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said “of course, it is not an easy thing to come to terms with while the war is going on, while civilians are killed, but we would like to say that momentum is still gained.”

“We see that the parties are close to an agreement.”

Turkish foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, center, chairs a tripartite meeting with Russia's foreign minister Sergey Lavrov, left, and Ukraine's foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba, right, in Antalya, Turkey

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