Volodymyr Zelensky in Istanbul on Friday to meet Erdogan. “The situation between Ukraine and Russia and the latest contacts concerning the relaunch of a secure corridor in the Black Sea” will be at the center of the meeting, according to a press release from the presidency posted on the X network.
A press conference is announced at the end of the day, at 7:00 p.m. local time (4:00 GMT) according to the same source. The Ukrainian president made his first visit to Turkey at the beginning of July since the start of the Russian invasion in February 2022.