MOSCOW, March 31. /TASS/. There is no clear timeframe of a possible meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Vladimir Zelensky, it should be preceded by the finalization of work on the text of agreements between the sides, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists on Thursday.
"In this respect nothing has changed. We also said earlier that a meeting at the highest level should be preceded by the finalization of work on the text of the agreement, the approval and initialing of this text by high-ranking officials. And only when it will be possible to talk about the meeting at the highest level. I wouldn’t give some precise timeframe," he said.
"As for the resumption [of the Russian-Ukrainian talks] tomorrow - if it happens, we will inform you," the Kremlin official said responding to a request to comment on information that the talks between the two delegations may take place on Friday.
On Tuesday in Istanbul, face-to-face talks between the delegations of Moscow and Kiev took place. Following the talks, Russia’s chief negotiator Vladimir Medinsky said that Russia received written proposals on an agreement between the sides from Ukraine. He added that after reviewing these initiatives Moscow is making "two steps towards" Kiev by offering to hold a meeting between Putin and Zelensky earlier than planned - simultaneously with the initialing of the peace treaty at the level of foreign ministries while Russian troops would decrease activity on the Kiev and Chernigov directions.