Erdoğan tells Zelenskyy Türkiye is willing to host next round of "peace talks"
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has confirmed that Türkiye is willing to host the next round of negotiations aimed at ending the Russo-Ukrainian war.
Source: Office of the President of Ukraine, following a meeting between Erdoğan and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, as reported by European Pravda
Details: Erdoğan assured Zelenskyy that Türkiye is willing to play a significant role in achieving a lasting peace for Ukraine and supports Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity.
The Turkish president also confirmed that his country is willing to host the next round of talks between delegations from Ukraine, the United States and Russia.
News.LIVE, a Ukrainian news outlet, has also released a video in which Zelenskyy, in a brief comment to the press after meeting Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, said that Erdoğan has offered Istanbul as a venue for the talks.
"Erdoğan is offering Istanbul as a venue for the peace talks – we are willing to come. We are willing to have a leader-level meeting in any format," he said.
Background:
- Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan told Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during a phone call in March that Türkiye is willing to host the next round of talks between Russia and Ukraine.
- Yesterday it was reported that Zelenskyy has invited the US negotiating delegation to Kyiv.
- Kyrylo Budanov, Head of the President's Office, expects that a US delegation may visit Kyiv after Orthodox Easter.
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