Negotiations between Russia and Ukraine will begin soon in Istanbul. What the media is writing
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Negotiations between Russia and Ukraine will take place in Istanbul on May 15. US President Donald Trump did not join them and continued his Middle East tour. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, who will be in Ankara on this day, will also be absent from them. What the world's media write about the meeting is in the Izvestia digest.
CNN: Trump will not join the talks in Turkey
US President Donald Trump will not travel to Turkey to personally mediate peace talks between Ukraine and Russia. Over the course of several days, Trump has repeatedly provoked rumors that he might change his travel schedule to the Middle East to join the talks. On Wednesday, he told reporters that Russian President Vladimir Putin "would like me to be there."
CNN
According to the officials, changing Trump's travel schedule at this stage of his trip to three Middle Eastern countries would be a real logistical nightmare, not to mention the serious diplomatic task of preparing the president for such important negotiations on such short notice. However, this did not stop Trump from continuing to hint that he might be there.
It is assumed that Trump, as a former TV show star, deliberately created an intrigue about his arrival and kept his supporters and closest allies perplexed. On May 15, Trump will visit Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, and the next day he will fly back to Washington.
The New York Times: journalists are waiting for the start of negotiations
The Ukrainian and Russian delegations arrived in Turkey ahead of a possible round of negotiations on ending the conflict between the two countries. On Thursday morning, May 15, journalists gathered near Dolmabahce in Istanbul, the Ottoman palace on the Bosphorus, where the previous negotiations between Ukraine and Russia took place in March 2022.
The New York Times
But while TV journalists from all over the world competed for a place on the sidewalk near the palace in Istanbul to deliver their reports, no one seemed to know if the negotiations would take place — or if the Ukrainian delegation would even be in the city.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is unlikely to attend, as he and the country's Foreign Minister, Andriy Sibiga, are due in Ankara for another scheduled meeting with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Speaking on the eve of his evening address to the nation, Zelensky said that he was still not sure how events would develop.
Al Jazeera: what to expect from the Istanbul talks
On the eve of the talks, Russia announced the composition of its delegation for the meeting. Vladimir Medinsky, Putin's aide and former culture minister who also led previous rounds of negotiations with Ukraine in 2022, will lead the Moscow team. He will be accompanied by Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin and Director of the Main Intelligence Directorate Igor Kostyukov.
Al Jazeera
For now, Ukraine has offered an unconditional 30-day cease-fire, while Russia insists that a number of its demands be accepted before it joins such a truce. Moscow has said it wants guarantees regarding the ceasefire monitoring mechanism and that the truce will not be used by Ukraine to rearm and mobilize more soldiers.
In April, the Trump administration made it clear that it was taking a step back from providing security guarantees to Ukraine. The White House said it wants Europe to take a leading role in supporting Ukraine's defense, noting that the United States has other priorities, including border security. In recent weeks, Trump and his team have expressed disappointment at the lack of meaningful progress in the negotiations and threatened to withdraw from mediation efforts to achieve peace.
Associated Press: NATO talks also took place in Turkey
On May 14, NATO foreign ministers discussed the US demand to significantly increase defense investments to 5% of gross domestic product over the next 7 years. NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said that additional investments and military equipment are needed to combat the threats.
Associated Press
Secretary of State Marco Rubio stressed that "the alliance is only as strong as its weakest link." He insisted that US investment demand is "spending money on the capabilities needed to counter the threats of the 21st century." The debate on defense spending is heating up ahead of the summit of US President Donald Trump and his NATO colleagues in the Netherlands on June 24-25. This is a high-level meeting that will determine the course of future European security, including Ukraine.
The new spending plan under consideration stipulates that by 2032, all allies will seek to allocate 3.5% of GDP to defense budgets, as well as an additional 1.5% to potentially defense—related things such as infrastructure - roads, bridges, air and seaports. Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Italy, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Portugal, Slovenia and Spain are not spending even 2% yet, although Spain expects to achieve this goal in 2025, a year later than the deadline.
Sky News: Trump's deals in the Middle East may become a model for Ukraine
Trump demonstrated a purely transactional approach to foreign policy this week during a tour of the Middle East. He did not lecture on human rights or exert pressure to make the countries he visited look like America. Trump acted the same way he did when he was a construction businessman.
Sky News
Convinced by the Saudis and Turks, the US president lifts all US sanctions on Syria. But Trump wants more. He wants Syria to join his biggest diplomatic achievement, the Abraham Accords. These are the normalization agreements reached by the Trump administration in its first term between Israel and the Gulf states.
The same approach could help end the conflict in Ukraine. It is believed that the minerals deal she signed with Trump made him much more sympathetic to her. However, in the long run, Russia may offer more attractive prospects for deals with the White House. It is hoped that the United States will make efforts to end the conflict in this way.
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