The President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, made a statement regarding the meeting of the Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky with the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin. Negotiations between the heads of state may take place in Istanbul.
He said this after a Cabinet meeting on Monday, July 28, as reported by T.C. İletişim Başkanlığı. The Turkish leader emphasized that Istanbul is ready to hold peace talks again between Ukraine and Russia in order to stop the bloody war. "At the third round of negotiations, which took place on July 23, a decision was made regarding the exchange of prisoners of war. We believe this war must end. Just as a negotiating table was set up in Istanbul, a table for peace will again be set in Turkey — and this bloody war will be concluded," President Erdoğan stated.
Earlier, the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that they are ready to provide a platform for negotiations between the Ukrainian and Russian leaders. In addition, during the third round of negotiations in Istanbul, the delegations of both countries agreed on the necessity of holding a meeting at the presidential level.
