President of the USA Donald tramp announced today that the state secretary will SAD Marco Rubio to go to Turkey where talks on Ukraine should take place this week.
"Talks will take place in Turkey later this week, certainly on Thursday, and they could produce good results," Trump said in Riyadh, adding "Marco will be there."
Russia called for direct negotiations with Ukraine in Istanbul on Thursday, but it was not specified in which composition Russia will participate in those negotiations.
Trump, who is in Riyadh as part of his Middle East tour, hinted that he too could go to Turkey to attend the Russian-Ukrainian negotiations, but now it seems that he has decided to send his secretary of state.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has proposed to meet directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Istanbul and said he will travel there. He did not receive an answer from Russia.
Source: CNN