Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan expressed his intention to hold a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky in the coming days, hoping that telephone communication with them would lead to a meeting between them in Turkey. with the aim of ending the war in Ukraine.
Turkey, a NATO member, shares a maritime border with Ukraine and Russia in the Black Sea, has good relations with both countries and has taken on a mediating role.
He has hosted talks between the Foreign Ministers of Ukraine and Russia in Antalya and between negotiators from both countries in Istanbul, while also requesting a meeting between the two presidents.
"Our hopes have not been dashed," Erdogan told reporters when asked about peace talks between Kiev and Moscow.
"We plan to have another telephone conversation with (Russian President Vladimir) Putin and (Ukrainian President Volodymyr) Zelensky today or tomorrow. "We aim to take the Istanbul process to the level of leaders," said the Turkish president.