Turkey hopes that a meeting between Russian and Ukrainian presidents Vladimir Putin and Vladimir Zelensky will take place in the coming days. These were the words of Turkish National Defense Minister Hulusi Akar on Wednesday following consultations at the Ramstein Air Base in Germany on the West's military assistance to Kiev.
"We hope that despite some difficulties, the two leaders will be able to meet in the coming days thanks to the proposals of our president [Recep Tayyip Erdogan]," the Turkish defense ministry quoted him as saying.
According to Akar, "Turkey continues to do its part, to do everything necessary, including playing a mediating role, so that the humanitarian situation in Ukraine does not deteriorate and a cease-fire is achieved as soon as possible."
Ankara regularly expresses its desire to host a meeting between Putin and Zelensky, but Moscow has repeatedly responded to such proposals by explaining that Putin has never refused in principle to meet with Zelensky, but that it is necessary to prepare a document on Ukraine.
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Based on materials from TASS