Based on the Istanbul Agreement: in the United States talk about the proximity of the peace agreement between the Russian Federation and Ukraine
Special Representative of US President Donald Trump Steve Witcoff is convinced that it is the Istanbul agreement that can be a benchmark for a peace agreement between the Russian Federation and Ukraine, and Washington has already approached the "signing of such peace". About it reports "Voice of America". According to Trump's representative, it was the US who came "very, very close" to "something to sign.
" He is convinced that the project of a peace agreement in Istanbul can serve as a "benchmark for the conclusion of a peace agreement", and any agreement means that "every party is about to make concessions, whether territorial concessions, or economic. " "You will see concessions on both sides. And this is what the President (Trump, ed. ) Makes the best. He unites people. He makes them aware that the path to peace is a concession and a consensus," Vitcoff said .
According to the Special Representative of the US President, the results of the agreement will be "successful" and will be implemented in the near future. In April 2022, Ukraine and the Russian Federation held a meeting in Istanbul, which was preceded by several rounds of negotiations to end the war.
The Ukrainian side proposed to postpone the issue of Crimea for 15 years with the avoidance of the armed method of resolving this issue, discussing between the leaders of the Russian Federation and Ukraine on the occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions at a personal meeting, the non -depreciation of military bases and contingents of other countries in the territory of Ukraine.
At the same time, the Russian side proposed its "project" of an agreement, which provided for the reduction of the number of Armed Forces to 50 thousand personnel, the neutral status of Ukraine, the recognition of the occupied territories for the Russian Federation and the introduction of the Russian language in the status of the second state. However, both parties were unable to agree on common positions, and negotiations between Ukraine and the Russian Federation were deadlocked.
Earlier, the head of GUR Kirill Budanov stated that ceasefire in Ukraine is possible by the end of 2025. He is convinced that despite the diametrically opposite positions of the parties in the Russian-Ukrainian war, the ceasefire regime is quite likely. Subsequently, it was reported that Zelensky commented on the possibility of a rapid ceasefire.