ANKARA, March 20. /TASS/.
The positions of Russia and Ukraine have got closer during the negotiations on a number of critical issues, though some of them should be solved at the level of presidents, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said in an interview with the Hurriyet newspaper on Sunday.
"The positions of the two sides coincide on important and critical issues. In particular, we see that they almost fully coincide on the first four points [of the agreement]. Some issues should be solved at the level of presidents," he said.
The Turkish authorities want to hold a trilateral meeting of presidents of Russia, Ukraine and Turkey, Vladimir Putin, Vladimir Zelensky and Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Cavusoglu said.
"If peace is achieved, they (presidents of Russia and Ukraine - TASS) will definitely meet," he said, noting that the Ukrainian and Russian leaders "do not rule out such a possibility." "As of today, we see that fundamentally none of the sides is against [a meeting in Turkey]. Some other countries are also undertaking efforts to organize [their meeting], though we are glad to accept them in Turkey. At the end of the day, it is important for them to meet, be it in Turkey or in another country," the minister said.
Ankara "wants to hold this trilateral meeting [with Erdogan’s participation]," Cavusoglu said. "This may be done at the request of the two leaders. The meeting [of heads of foreign ministries of Russia and Turkey] in Antalya was held in a three-sided format at the request of both sides," he added.