Medinsky and Umerov held a bilateral meeting

Before the official negotiations between Ukraine and Russia, the heads of the delegations, Vladimir Medinsky and Rustem Umerov, held a bilateral meeting.

This was reported by a source to RIA Novosti.

“Before the negotiations between the delegations, there was a bilateral meeting between Medinsky and Umerov that lasted two and a half hours. This paved the way for an effective course of the subsequent negotiations,” the source said.

The document also sets out Russia’s position on holding elections in Ukraine. Kyiv must announce the date of the presidential and parliamentary elections no later than 100 days after the lifting of martial law.

Russia has also set a condition regarding nuclear weapons in Ukraine. Moscow insists on a ban on the deployment and hosting of nuclear weapons in the country.