Istanbul:
Russia will “radically” scale back its army exercise in northern Ukraine, together with close to the capital Kyiv, after “significant” talks in Istanbul, Moscow’s negotiators stated Tuesday.
“On condition that the talks on the preparation of an settlement on the neutrality and non-nuclear standing of Ukraine have moved right into a sensible area… a call has been made to radically, by a number of occasions scale back the army exercise within the areas of Kyiv and Chernigiv,” Russia’s deputy defence minister Alexander Fomin stated.
Chief negotiator Vladimir Medinsky stated there had been a “significant dialogue” on the talks and that Ukrainian proposals can be put to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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