A representative from Turkey will participate in a conference on resolving the conflict in Ukraine in Switzerland, but this does not mean that Ankara is against Russia and will join any options that mean oppressing Moscow, reports Turkish Ankasam.
“I think Turkey’s participation in this conference should not cause any complaints. This does not mean at all that Turkey will join the options that will exclude Russia [from the settlement process],” Onur Oymen, a Turkish diplomat noted.
According to Oymen, Ankara from the very beginning of the military operation in Ukraine tried to achieve a ceasefire, actively inviting the parties to negotiations.
Turkey will participate in the conference in Switzerland at a fairly high level – the country’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan will be present at the event.
The first negotiations between Russia and Ukraine after the start of the military operation took place in early March 2022 in Belarus. The next round took place on March 29, 2022 in Istanbul. Then, Moscow received from Kyiv the principles of a possible future agreement, which was recorded on paper.
However, Russian authorities have repeatedly noted that Ukraine then refused to continue negotiations unilaterally. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba claimed that the delegations at the negotiations did not come to any agreement in Istanbul .
