The third round of peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine made some progress on opening up humanitarian corridors as they ended their talks on Monday after previous rounds brought no respite in the conflict.
The latest round of negotiations between Moscow and Kyiv were held in the Belarusian city of Brest and ended Monday evening with no major moves toward ending the 12-day war.
After the talks broke up, Ukrainian negotiator Mykhailo Podolyak tweeted: “There are small positive subductions in improving the logistics of humanitarian corridors… Intensive consultations have continued on the basic political block of the regulations, along with a ceasefire and security guarantees.”
Meanwhile, Agence France-Presse reported that Russia’s main negotiator had said Moscow’s expectations are “not fulfilled.”
Vladimir Medinsky added to reporters following the meeting that the talks “are not easy. It is too early to talk about something positive.”
“Hopefully next time we can take a bigger step forward,” he said, according to Reuters.
According to the negotiator; who was also cited by the TASS news agency, said that the fourth round of talks would take place soon in Belarus.