Ankara, May 30 -- Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Friday expressed hope that the conflict in Ukraine could possibly be resolved in the current year.
"We have two paths ahead of us: either we turn a blind eye to this conflict, or we reach a sustainable solution within this year," Fidan said at a press conference with his Ukrainian counterpart Andrii Sybiha in Kiev.
On Wednesday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that the Russian delegation is ready to present the Ukrainian side with a memorandum on the settlement during the second round of talks in Istanbul on June 2. At the same time, the Kremlin said that Russia has not yet received a response from Ukraine to its proposal to hold talks in Istanbul on Monday.
In early M...