The Russian embassy in Turkey has not received any information or an invitation to an international conference on Ukraine, which Ankara is purportedly planning to host by the end of October.
"We have not been informed about it, and we have not received an invitation," stated the Russian diplomatic mission in response to a query from a TASS correspondent.
Earlier, Bloomberg, citing undisclosed sources, reported that Ankara was in the process of organizing an international conference aimed at addressing the conflict in Ukraine.
It is reported that national security advisers from various countries, including Jake Sullivan, the US Presidential National Security Advisor, will gather in Istanbul for consultations. The Russian delegation has not received an invitation to the meeting, and it remains uncertain whether China will send a representative, according to sources cited by the agency.
The primary focus of the discussions will be on Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelenskyy's peace plan and Kiev's proposal to host a global meeting in 2023 to discuss this initiative.
These Istanbul talks mark the third such meeting following consultations held in Denmark in June and in Saudi Arabia in August.
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Based on materials from TASS