Investing.com -- Russian President Vladimir Putin doesn’t have any current plans to attend the peace negotiations in Istanbul with Ukraine, according to a statement from the Kremlin on Thursday. Despite Putin’s absence, the Russian team is already in Istanbul, prepared to meet with the Ukrainian delegation.

The Kremlin was asked if Putin would consider traveling to Istanbul if U.S. President Donald Trump attended the talks. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated that Russia was still uncertain about the course of the negotiations. He further noted that the Ukrainian delegation had not yet arrived in Istanbul.

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