There’s been “some progress” in peace talks between Russia and Ukraine but “both sides need to be willing to come to the table and give something up” to end the war, U.S. Ambassador to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Matthew Whitaker said to Newsmax on Wednesday.
“The previous two rounds of talks, while they didn’t agree to a ceasefire, they have agreed to exchanging prisoners, exchanging bodies of fallen soldiers. And so, there’s been some progress,” Whitaker told Newsline ahead of a scheduled meeting Wednesday between Russian and Ukrainian officials in Istanbul to discuss ending the ongoing war.
“There’s a framework to have these discussions. This is the third round, I’m hoping, and I know that President [Donald] Trump really wants a ceasefire, and then negotiations that can get to a lasting peace.
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