(16 May 2025)
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Istanbul – 16 May 2025
1. Car driving through gates into meeting venue
2. Close of gate stoplight
3. Various of cars arriving at venue, close of a diplomatic license plate
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Turkish Foreign Ministry officials said the three-way meeting between Turkey, the U.S. and Ukraine had begun.
Overseen by Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, the U.S. side included Secretary of State Marco Rubio, special envoy for Ukraine Keith Kellogg and ambassador to Turkey Thomas Barrack.
Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha, Defense Minister Rustem Umerov and head of the Ukrainian presidential office Andriy Yermak represented Ukraine.
The latest push to end the fighting got off to a rocky start on Thursday, when Russian President Vladimir Putin spurned an offer by Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy to meet face-to-face.
Delegations from the two countries also flew to different Turkish cities and put together teams of significantly different diplomatic heft for possible talks.
Although expectations for a possible Putin-Zelenskyy meeting were low, the apparent lack of traction in peace efforts frustrated hopes of bold steps being taken in Turkey toward reaching a settlement.
AP Video shot by Mehmet Guzel
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