Russia thanks the US for mediating in Ukraine peace talks
"Naturally, we are thankful for the efforts Washington and the (US President Donald) Trump team members are making to promote talks on the Ukrainian settlement," he said, commenting on US special envoy Keith Kellogg's remarks that Russia is allegedly seeking to protract the settlement process.
"You know that now we are to agree on the date for the third round (of talks). The agreement that were reached during the second round of Russian-Ukrainian talks in Istanbul have been implemented until now," Peskov explained.
"And then, we must simply hold a meeting when it is agreed upon, when all humanitarian accords are implemented. Simply meet and continue talks," he added.
Kellogg said earlier that the United States calls on Russia to immediately cease fire with Ukraine and engage in tri-lateral talks. In his words, Russia is seeking to protract the negotiating process.
However, Moscow is also not interested in prolonging the talks, stating that Moscow will not slow down or stop its attempts to reach an agreement with Kyiv.
"No one is prolonging anything here. Naturally, we are primarily interested in achieving our goals and the goals that we are trying to achieve during a special military operation through political and diplomatic means. Therefore, we are not interested in prolonging anything," Peskov said.
Peskov also refrained from assessing the pace of the negotiations.
"Of course, the implementation of the agreements that have been reached so far during the two rounds takes time, and requires certain preparatory measures, certain measures to carry out exchanges, to organise the transfer and reception of the bodies of the dead," Peskov said. UNI ANV SSP
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