The Turkish president hopes that the current talks between Russian and Ukrainian authorities will translate into “positive results”, but warned that some issues may require contacts at a higher level. In this way, asked Putin to meet Zelensky in Istanbul or Ankaraaccording to the statement from the Presidency.
Turkey has already hosted the first meeting between the foreign ministers of Russia and Ukraine, Sergei Lavrov and Dimitro Kulebarespectively, although this contact ended without practical progress, neither at the political level nor in the strictly military sphere.
The Kremlin did not value Erdogan’s offer and in its statement limited itself to pointing out that Putin informed the Turkish president of the progress of the talks already underway. Likewise, he highlighted the different contacts maintained between Lavrov and the head of Turkish diplomacy, Mevut Cavusoglu.
The conversation between Erdogan and Putin coincided precisely with a visit by the Turkish foreign minister to Ukraine. In Lviv, Cavusoglu met with Kuleba, with whom he appeared at a press conference thanking him for receiving him on days that are “difficult”, according to the Anatolia agency.
The Turkish minister revealed that the Government of Ukraine raised that Turkey acts as guarantor of a hypothetical security agreement, something Russia would not have objected to.
Cavusoglu, who reiterated his support for Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, lamented the effects of this war on the civilian population, recalling the more than three million refugees and the “thousands” of citizens who have lost their lives.
Source: Ambito
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