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To spread: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stated that after contact with...

Putin and Zelensky are not ready for the meeting - Erdogan after negotiations

To spread: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stated that after contact with Vladimir Putin and Vladimir Zelensky, he came to the conclusion: both parties are not yet ready to sit at one table. According to Reuters, the head of Turkey told reporters on board the aircraft returning from China, where he negotiated with the Russian president. After that, he said, he had a telephone conversation with the Ukrainian leader.

Erdogan stressed that during the discussion he was looking for possible ways to end the war in Ukraine. He stressed that the experience of preliminary contacts between Russian and Ukraine delegations in Istanbul proves that the prospect of peace still exists. "We are in favor of a gradual increase in the level of negotiations to turn hopes into real results," the Turkish President said.

He noted that in the end, any agreement should be discussed directly between the leaders, but there are no proper conditions for this purpose. Turkey has been trying to store open communication channels with Moscow and Kiev since the start of a full -scale invasion of Russia in 2022. Ankara, as a member of NATO, has repeatedly offered a mediator in the conflict. Recall that Focus recently wrote how Vitcoff's mistakes complicated negotiations on the end of the war.