MOSCOW, May 23 — Moscow’s work on a memorandum concerning the Ukraine crisis is at an advanced stage, and a second round of talks with Kyiv is expected, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Thursday, the TASS news agency reported.
“Yes, we are all for talks. Yes, there will be a second round. They (the Ukrainian authorities) have confirmed it.
"This is a positive development in itself,” he said at a high-level conference on historical southern Russian lands.
Lavrov confirmed that preparations are ongoing.
“Work (on a memorandum) is underway.
“I do not know about Ukraine, but our work has reached an advanced stage, and we will hand the memorandum over to the Ukrainians in any case,” he said.
— Bernama
