President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Albania on May 16 to attend a summit of the European political community, said presidential spokesperson Serhii Nykyforov, according to the Freedom TV state chain.
The sixth meeting of the European political community will focus on the security of Europe, including Russia’s large -scale war against Ukraine, among other subjects.
The summit comes from the Ukrainian and Russian delegations should organize talks in Istanbul for the first time since 2022. Turkish and American officials have also joined the series of discussions.
Zelensky’s visit follows his trip to Türkiye, where he met President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Although a face -to -face meeting between Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin was planned in Istanbul, Putin rather sent a delegation led by his assistant, Vladimir Medinsky.
kyiv and his partners urged Moscow to adopt an unconditional 30-day ceasefire as the first step towards a broader peace agreement, a decision that Russia continues to reject.
“ It is a waste ‘- after all the threshing
Istanbul – This is where Asia meets Europe, but as we know now, not where the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin.
