This negotiation between Russia and US are not about the Russia Ukraine war, do not get fooled by flood the zone! "To be clear, there are no political or security issues on the agenda. Ukraine is not on the agenda," a State Department spokesperson said in an email to Reuters.
Ukraine not on agenda in next US-Russia talks, State Department says
U.S. and Russian officials will not discuss Russia's war against Ukraine during their meeting in Istanbul on Feb. 27, a U.S. State Department spokesperson said in an email to Reuters. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced on Feb. 26 that Washington and Moscow would hold a second round of talks in Turkey, just over a week after delegates from the two countries met in Saudi Arabia for their first direct talks since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine...
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