Erdogan added that the Turkish side continues to make efforts to achieve peace in Ukraine, and also thanked the leaders of the warring countries and all who participated in the process with consent to the exchange of prisoners of war. Meanwhile, Jake Sullivan, a US Presidential Advisor Jake Sullivan, thanked Turkey for mediation in the course of exchange of Russian and Ukrainian prisoners of war.
According to him, Ankara made a decisive contribution to both an agreement on exports of Ukrainian grain and in the exchange of prisoners. As reporters of The New York Times reported, Erdogan has achieved significant diplomatic successes in Uzbekistan, where he met with President Putin within the Shanghai Organization of Cooperation. During the conversation, the Turkish leader emphasized the importance of termination of the war and the return of Ukrainian lands.
"We believe that there is no winner in the war, just as in the just peaceful process, there are no those who lost. We need a decent way out of the crisis because of a reasonable, just and viable diplomatic process," - quotes the publication of Erdogan's word. We will remind, in the evening of September 21, 200 Ukrainian prisoners of war, which defended Mariupol, on captive Russians. According to the SBU, Ukrainian politician Viktor Medvedchuk, who is accused of treason, was among the exchanged.
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