MOSCOW, Aug 21 In light of the situation around Ukraine, no «practical platform» for the meeting Vladimir Putin and Vladimir Zelensky are gone, Gennady Gatilov, Russia's permanent representative to the UN in Geneva, said. In an interview with the Financial Times, Gatilov noted the role of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, saying that he is «doing everything possible» to promote dialogue. At the same time, according to the newspaper, Gatilov rejected suggestions about the possibility of a meeting between Putin and Zelensky. According to the diplomat, whose words are quoted by the publication, «there is no practical platform for holding this meeting.» Earlier, Erdogan said that during the talks in Lvov he proposed Zelensky to hold a meeting with Putin in Turkey. The Indonesian ambassador to Russia also expressed his readiness to organize negotiations between Putin and Zelensky. Prior to this, adviser to the head of Zelensky's office, Mikhail Podolyak, said that Zelensky could attend the G20 summit in Indonesia if the Russian president was present there. At the same time, the press secretary of the Russian leader Dmitry Peskov emphasized that there were no prerequisites for a meeting between Putin and Zelensky at the G20 yet. Earlier, he said that such a meeting is possible only after the negotiators do their «homework». to Ukraine
