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Ukraine is holding off on confirming its participation in peace talks with Russia until it receives a formal proposal document outlining Moscow’s positions, Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said Friday.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said on Friday that Kyiv wants to see a written document from Russia detailing its peace proposals before it sends a delegation to planned talks in Istanbul.
Russia has announced it is preparing to dispatch negotiators to meet Ukrainian representatives on June 2. However, Ukraine has yet to confirm whether it will attend.
Speaking at a press conference in Kyiv alongside visiting Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, Sybiha emphasized that Ukraine is waiting for a memorandum from Moscow that would provide a basis for a "substantive and meaningful" discussion.
“In order for the next planned meeting to be substantive and meaningful, it is important to receive a document in advance so that the delegation that will attend has the authority to discuss the relevant positions,” Sybiha told reporters.
He noted that, as of now, Ukraine has not received the expected proposal document from Russian negotiators. Sybiha did not specify what steps Kyiv would take if the document does not arrive, nor did he set a deadline for its receipt.
The meeting in Istanbul, brokered with Turkish support, aims to reignite stalled diplomatic efforts to end the ongoing conflict.
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A powerful eruption at Japan’s Shinmoedake volcano sent an ash plume more than 3,000 metres high on Sunday morning, prompting safety warnings from authorities.
According to the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), a magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck the Oaxaca region of Mexico on Saturday.
A resumption of Iraq’s Kurdish oil exports is not expected in the near term, sources familiar with the matter said on Friday, despite an announcement by Iraq’s federal government a day earlier stating that shipments would resume immediately.
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck 56 kilometres east of Gorgan in northern Iran early Sunday morning, according to preliminary seismic data.
Kyiv has received $1.5 billion in commitments from European partners to purchase U.S.-made weapons, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Thursday. He hailed the NATO mechanism enabling the deal as one that “truly strengthens our defence.”
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said on Thursday (14 August) that he has ordered authorities to conduct a swift and thorough investigation into an attack on a former minister's son that took place a day earlier.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will meet British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in London on Thursday, a day before U.S. President Donald Trump holds talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska.
A major forest fire in northern Morocco is now largely under control, though efforts to fully extinguish it are still underway, the national water and forests agency (ANEF) said on Wednesday.
Supporters of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) threw flares and firecrackers at anti-government protesters in Novi Sad on Wednesday evening, according to Reuters, prompting police to intervene to end the standoff, a major escalation of nine-month-long protests in Serbia.
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