UN invites Russia, Ukraine to discussing humanitarian issues

The UN invites representatives of Russia and Ukraine to hold a meeting to discuss humanitarian issues, Report informs citing TASS that Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, told a briefing on Monday.

"In particular, I suggested that both sides come to an agreement that both sides, representatives of the Russian Federation and Ukraine, would meet under the auspices of the UN in a virtual or personal format to discuss humanitarian issues, especially their military component, possibly a truce, its monitoring, safe corridors, humanitarian priorities," he said.

Griffiths will travel to Turkey this week to discuss the situation in Ukraine with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

"I'm going to Turkey this week where I'll meet with President Erdogan, who spoke to the UN Secretary-General yesterday, to talk further on some ideas," Griffiths said.