Russian and Ukrainian negotiators met in Istanbul on Friday (May 16) at their first direct peace talks in more than three years in a bid to end the war between the two neighbours that has killed thousands of people.
00:00The high-level meetings involving U.S. and European foreign ministers as well as Russian and Ukrainian negotiators at the Dolmabache Palace on the Bosphorus in Istanbul began on Friday.
00:14The trilateral meetings were focused on a peaceful resolution of the Russia-Ukraine war that has been going on since February 2022.
00:22Bu toplantı, Mart 2022'den bu yana taraflar arasında gerçekleşen ilk düzey doğrudan temas niteliğini taşımaktadır.
00:31Barış yolunda ilerlemek için bu fırsatı değerlendirmek zorundayız.
00:36Geç kalınan her gün daha fazla yaşamın kaybedilmesine sebebiyet vermektedir.
00:43Kıymetli misafirler, savaş can almaya devam ederken ateşkesin bir an evvel hayata geçirmesi kritik önem taşımaktadır.
00:53Ateşkesin müzakerelerle eş zamanlı olarak sağlanması yönünde de önümüzde bir fırsat bulunmaktadır.
00:59Burada bir husus bir hadise vurgulamak isterim.
01:02Bundan sonraki aşamayı yapacağımız tercihler ve atacağımız adımlar doğrultusunda hep beraber belirleyeceğiz.
01:09Bu görüşmelerin bir liderler toplantısının temelini oluşturması da oldukça önemli.
01:15U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio had earlier said he did not have high expectations for the talks in İstanbul,
01:24as the level of team that was sent by Russia is not indicative of one that will lead to a major breakthrough.
01:30U.S. President Donald Trump, who had earlier said he might be going to Istanbul
02:00talks, now said that he was returning to Washington after wrapping up his four-day official visit in the Middle East.
02:07U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio had a baby.
02:11I'm going to go back home and see that little baby.
02:13And then we get back to a lot of work.
02:16We'll see what happens with Russia and Ukraine.
02:20I appreciate it. Great job at the little Atlantic.
