Peace negotiations with Ukraine: in ISW ​​explained how the Russian Federation uses Erdogan and Jinping

Russia's statements about alleged interest in peace talks are likely attempts to make it in order to encourage the West to make concessions about Ukrainian sovereignty and territorial integrity, they consider at the Institute of War Study. The Russian Federation is trying to impede the international support of Ukraine through the manipulation of negotiating sites proposed by China and Turkey to resolve the conflict.

This was reported by analysts of the Institute of War Study in the daily report for March 3. On March 2, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Mikhail Guerinin and a special representative of China on Eurasia Lee Huai met in Moscow to discuss China's desire to promote peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine.

Both politicians have noted that it is impossible to discuss settlement in Ukraine without the participation of the Russian Federation and without the interests of the country in the field of security. They also noted that the Western and Ukrainian "ultimatums" and "dialogue formats" only "harm the settlement prospects and cannot be the basis. " Analysts said that after meeting in the Russian Federation, she will visit Ukraine and other EU countries.

Whereas Turkey's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on March 3, during a diplomatic forum in Antalya, said the country hopes that ceasefire negotiations in Ukraine will begin in the near future. Turkey also believes that "both sides have reached the limit" of what they can achieve.

Recently, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stressed that the country is ready to provide another negotiation site for Ukraine and Russia after the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov publicly refused March 1. In addition, Russian officials continue to accuse Ukraine and the West of allegedly in the absence of peace talks, despite numerous public statements of the Russian Federation, which directly states that it is not interested in "conscientious" peaceful negotiations.

On March 2, Lavrov at the diplomatic forum in Antalya stated that Ukraine was allegedly lacking in "goodwill" for negotiations with Russia, hinting that their absence is the guilt of Ukraine. Analysts believe that any statements that the Russian Federation is allegedly interested in peace negotiations are likely attempts to make it to encourage the West to make preventive concessions about Ukrainian sovereignty and territorial integrity.