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Russian and US representatives to meet in Istanbul on February 27 - Lavrov

On Thursday, February 27, representatives of Russia and the United States will meet in Istanbul. They will discuss, among other things, the reopening of embassies.

According to Censor.NET, the Russian Foreign Ministry's statement was quoted by the Russian propaganda outlet RIA Novosti.

"A meeting of representatives of Russia and the United States on the work of embassies will take place on February 27 in Istanbul," Russian Minister Sergei Lavrov said.

In addition, he noted that the issue of the fate of frozen Russian assets "will not disappear" from the agenda of negotiations on Ukraine.

Lavrov added that possible actions against these assets would not go unanswered by Russia.

The Russian minister also expressed the opinion that the Kremlin believes that "it is impossible to reach agreements that will provide for the repeated pumping of weapons to Ukraine."

Meeting in Saudi Arabia
On February 12, 2025, Trump said that his meeting with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin would likely take place in Saudi Arabia.

Trump also said that a meeting betweenrepresentatives of Ukraine, the United States, and Russia would take place in Saudi Arabia next week.

On February 14, the Saudi Foreign Ministry announced that the Kingdom was ready to host a meeting between US President Donald Trump and Russian dictator Vladimir Putin.

On February 18, delegations from the United States and Russia meet in Saudi Arabia.

Both sides characterized it as positive. The U.S. and Russia agreed to resume the full-fledged work of the U.S. and Russian embassies in Moscow and Washington. The key issue was achieving a ceasefire in Ukraine.

Fox News reported that Russia and the United States are allegedly proposing a three-stage peace plan, including a ceasefire, elections in Ukraine, and then a final agreement.

Earlier, Bloomberg reported that Trump and Putin may hold a summit in Saudi Arabia next week.

Donald Trump has said that the next round of talks between the US and Russia will take place on Tuesday, February 25. Saudi Arabia will again serve as a platform for talks between Washington and Moscow.

At the same time, the Russian Foreign Ministry said that no meeting between the representatives of Russia and the United States on February 25 in Riyadh is being prepared.

Earlier, the media reported that representatives of Russia and the United States would hold a second meeting in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, on February 25. Source: https://censor.net/en/n3538026