Kremlin Says Ukraine Talks in Geneva on February 17-18

FILED - 19 December 2024, Russia, Moscow: Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov attends Russian President Vladimir Putin's annual end-of-year press conference. Photo: Kremlin Press Office/dpa
FILED - 19 December 2024, Russia, Moscow: Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov attends Russian President Vladimir Putin's annual end-of-year press conference. Photo: Kremlin Press Office/dpa
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Kremlin Says Ukraine Talks in Geneva on February 17-18

FILED - 19 December 2024, Russia, Moscow: Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov attends Russian President Vladimir Putin's annual end-of-year press conference. Photo: Kremlin Press Office/dpa
FILED - 19 December 2024, Russia, Moscow: Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov attends Russian President Vladimir Putin's annual end-of-year press conference. Photo: Kremlin Press Office/dpa

The Kremlin said Friday that the next round of US-brokered talks seeking to end the war in Ukraine will take place in Geneva on February 17-18, Russian state media reported.

"The next round of talks on the Ukrainian settlement will be held in the same trilateral Russia-US-Ukraine format, on February 17-18 in Geneva," the RIA Novosti news agency cited Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying.

In a switch from the line-up of senior military officials that were despatched to recent talks in Abu Dhabi, Peskov said Russia's delegation will be headed by Kremlin aide Vladimir Medinsky, a hawkish ex-culture minister who led previous rounds of failed talks in Türkiye.