Russia and Ukraine said Thursday that they are ready for the next round of trilateral talks, but the talks will likely be delayed because of the United States' engagement in the Middle East.
Russian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov said that Russia remains open to negotiations on the Ukraine issue and looks forward to the next round of talks.
He pointed out that the current pause in the negotiation process is due to objective reasons.
Ukraine has discussed with the United States the possibility of postponing the next trilateral meeting with Russia and changing its location due to the situation in the Middle East, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Thursday.
The next Ukraine-U.S.-Russia trilateral meeting was scheduled for March 5 to 9, according to a post by Zelensky on the social media platform X.
Zelensky expressed the hope that a prisoner-of-war exchange agreed at previous meetings would be confirmed in the coming days.
The next trilateral meeting had been planned for early March in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates, Ukrinform reported.
Russia says it remains open to negotiations, Ukraine says talks may postpone due to Middle East situation
