MOSCOW: The Kremlin said Friday that the next round of US-brokered talks seeking to end the war in Ukraine will take place in Geneva on February 17-18, Russian state media reported.
“The next round of talks on the Ukrainian settlement will be held in the same trilateral Russia-US-Ukraine format, on February 17-18 in Geneva,” the RIA Novosti news agency cited Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying.
In a switch from the line-up of senior military officials that were dispatched to recent talks in Abu Dhabi, Peskov said Russia’s delegation will be headed by Kremlin aide Vladimir Medinsky, a hawkish ex-culture minister who led previous rounds of failed talks in Turkiye.
Two previous rounds of US-brokered talks in Abu Dhabi have failed to lead to a breakthrough, with Moscow and Kyiv remaining far apart on the key issue of territory.
“There is an agreement that it will indeed take place next week. We will inform you about the venue and dates,” Peskov earlier told reporters when asked about whether a new meeting had been planned.
