Russia has offered Ukraine to meet for the second round of negotiations in Istanbul next Monday, 2 June, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in a statement on 28 May.
According to him, the Russian side has developed a memorandum on a peace treaty with Ukraine, which will be presented by Russian presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky.
The agency cited the fact that at the previous meeting the delegations of the two countries agreed to prepare documents outlining the position of each side on the cease-fire.
On 16 May, negotiations between Ukraine and Russia took place in Istanbul. The sides failed to make significant progress, but at that time they agreed to exchange prisoners in the format of one thousand for one thousand. The last stage of the exchange was completed on 25 May.
Both sides sat down at the negotiating table for the first time in three years. Ukraine demanded a 30-day cease-fire. However, the Russian side has still not given up its territorial encroachments – Moscow calls recognition of its sovereignty over four Ukrainian regions, none of which its forces fully control, a condition for starting discussions on a ceasefire.