
ISTANBUL, May 16 (Reuters) - Russian and Ukrainian negotiators met in Istanbul on Friday for their first direct peace talks in more than three years of war, holding discussions together with a Turkish delegation, live Turkish television footage showed.
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan was making a speech at the start of the meeting, seen as a sign of diplomatic progress between the sides that have not met face-to-face since March 2022, the month following Russia's invasion.