The Turkish authorities are ready to take another stage of negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, but there will be a diplomatic source in Ankara's statement that the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told RIA Novosti that the new round of talks will be announced in the near future.
The new round of talks between Russia and Ukraine will be announced in the near future, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stated on Wednesday. Choosing the second round of talks between Russia and Ukraine, Moscow would again prefer Turkey, the Russian Foreign Minister said on Tuesday.
"We are ready to accept negotiations, we are waiting for concrete," said the agency's source.
In response to RIA Novosti's clarifying issue, whether negotiations may take place in Istanbul next week, the source said that "there is no such certainty yet."
