This was announced by Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu.
“Just yesterday, during negotiations (President of Ukraine Vladimir. -
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) Zelensky expressed a desire to meet with (Russian President Vladimir) Putin.
Turkey continues its aspirations, ”RIA Novosti quotes Cavusoglu as saying.
Earlier, Erdogan and Putin discussed the situation in Ukraine during telephone conversations.
According to Habertürk, Erdogan suggested that the Russian side hold a meeting in Istanbul between the delegations of Russia, Ukraine and the UN.