High-level Russia-Ukrainian talks set for Thursday in Turkiye are largely thanks to the efforts of Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Ukrainian media quoted the country’s top diplomat as saying.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba confirmed that he will sit at the negotiation table in Antalya, Turkiye with Sergey Lavrov, his Russian counterpart.

“The meeting, planned to be held on March 10, will be held primarily thanks to Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu,” Ukraine television NIAN quoted him as saying, referring to a meeting on the sidelines of Turkiye’s Antalya Diplomacy Forum.

Asked whether Russian-occupied Crimea and Donbas will be discussed during the meeting, Kuleba said that Ukraine is not in a position to give up anything in the negotiations.

The three-day Antalya Diplomacy Forum in the Turkish resort city of the same name is set to start Friday, and the Russian-Ukrainian meeting the day prior.

Earlier, expressing hope that the meeting will be a turning point and important step towards peace and stability, Çavuşoğlu said Ankara would “continue to make efforts for a lasting peace.”

Russia’s war on Ukraine, which began on Feb. 24, has drawn international condemnation, led to financial sanctions on Moscow and spurred an exodus of global firms from Russia.

At least 474 civilians have been killed and 861 injured in Ukraine since the beginning of the war, according to the UN, which noted that conditions on the ground make it difficult to verify the true number.

Some 2 million people have also fled to neighbouring countries, said the UN refugee agency.