Separate Ukraine-Russia meeting is "one of the formats", Kremlin says

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said closed talks between Russian and Ukrainian delegations in Switzerland took place in "various meeting formats", but he declined to disclose their content.

Source: Telegram channel Vy slushali mayak (You have been listening to Radio Mayak); Kremlin-aligned Russian news agency RBC on social media

Quote from Radio Mayak citing Peskov: "[Vladimir] Medinsky [head of the Russian delegation] said the talks were held in different meeting formats. This is one of the communication formats. We are not going to provide any information about the substance."

Details: According to RBC, Peskov also said the trilateral talks were now "at a stage that does not envisage public discussion".

He said he had nothing to add to the "assessment of the previous round of talks in Geneva that Vladimir Medinsky provided earlier".

Peskov said he will provide further information on the date and venue of the next meetings on Ukraine "when there are specifics".

Background:

• Ukraine and Russia held a separate meeting after the main round of negotiations in Geneva. The talks lasted about an hour and a half, but the topics discussed remain unknown.
• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that during the Ukraine-US-Russia negotiations in Geneva the parties have agreed that monitoring of compliance with a ceasefire would be carried out with the participation of the United States.
• Zelenskyy later said the next round of talks will also be held in Switzerland.

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