Ukraine's Foreign Minister said his country "appreciated" Kazakh president Kassym-Jomart Tokayev after he suggested to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to freeze the war in Ukraine and revive what he called the "Istanbul 2.0" format, in a face to face meeting in Omsk.
"Perhaps it is time to freeze this conflict and return to the Istanbul Formula 2.0, because significant results were achieved there. Then, under guarantees from the great powers, including Russia, we could move toward the long-awaited peace," Tokayev told Putin during the Russia-Kazakhstan Interregional Cooperation Forum in Omsk on Saturday.
