Kremlin says Putin could meet Zelenskiy if certain agreements are reached

MOSCOW (Reuters) -The Kremlin said connected Saturday that Russian President Vladimir Putin could conscionable Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskiy, but lone if definite agreements were reached.

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov did not specify what agreements would beryllium required from Russia's constituent of view. Putin and Zelenskiy person not met since December 2019.

President Zelenskiy had challenged the Kremlin person to conscionable him successful Turkey this week but Putin alternatively sent a squad of aides and officials to conscionable Ukrainian negotiators connected Friday for the archetypal bilateral, face-to-face talks since March 2022.

Ukraine said it had raised the contented of a Putin-Zelenskiy gathering astatine the talks.

Peskov said Russia considered specified a gathering was possible, but lone arsenic a effect of enactment betwixt the 2 sides to "achieve definite results successful the signifier of agreements".

He added: "At the aforesaid time, erstwhile signing documents that the delegations are to hold upon, the main and cardinal happening for america remains who precisely volition motion these documents from the Ukrainian side."

Peskov did not elaborate connected that remark. Putin has antecedently challenged Zelenskiy's legitimacy arsenic president due to the fact that his elected word of bureau expired past year.

Ukraine, nether martial instrumentality arsenic it defends itself against Russia, has not acceptable a day for a caller election.

(Reporting by Dmitry Antonov; penning by Mark TrevelyanEditing by Gareth Jones)