Russian and Ukrainian negotiators should be given a chance to work in a calmer situation, without hysteria being fanned, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told the RBC TV channel in an interview.
"I would let the negotiators work in a calmer situation, without fanning hysteria again," Lavrov said in the wake of the Ukrainian side’s latest statements about progress in the talks.
Certain progress has been achieved on some issues in Russian-Ukrainian talks, said Russian Presidential Aide Vladimir Medinsky, who heads the country’s delegation to the talks.
"Certain progress has been achieved on some issues but not on all of them. The parties have clarified their positions, they are clear, and we are moving forward without haste, taking all the interests of Russia and its people into account," he pointed out.
The first round of Russian-Ukrainian negotiations was held in the Gomel Region of neighboring Belarus on February 28. It lasted five hours. The second round followed in Belovezhskaya Pushcha, Belarus on March 3. The delegates met for a third time in the Brest Region of Belarus on March 7. And on March 10, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba held a meeting on the sidelines of the diplomatic forum in Turkey’s Antalya.
More talks between Moscow and Kyiv followed on Monday by video link. Later, the talks were paused to resume on Tuesday.
