The Ukrainian president meets with the Turkish president in IstanbulThis is Zelensky’s first go to to Turkey since Russia launched its invasion of UkraineErdogan has provided himself on a number of events as an middleman in hypothetical peace negotiations between Moscow and Kiev
Ukrainian President, Volodimir Zelensky, travels to Istanbul this Friday to fulfill together with his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, through which each leaders will primarily talk about the evolution of the battle and the extension of the settlement for the export of cereals, of which he is part additionally Russia.
The go to, introduced ahead by Turkish media, together with the official Anatolia information company, will probably be Zelensky’s first to Turkey since Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the navy offensive on Ukraine to be launched in February 2022. Erdogan did go to previously. August Kiev, the place he met the UN Secretary General, António Guterres.
Both the UN and Turkey act as mediators within the settlement to export grain by means of the Black Sea, which expires on July 18. This settlement was signed virtually a 12 months in the past and has facilitated the export of greater than 32 million tons of cereals, in line with the middle that coordinates these transports and which relies in Istanbul.
Erdogan has additionally provided himself on a number of events as an middleman in hypothetical peace negotiations between Moscow and kyiv, though the dialogue between the 2 events stays paralyzed. Turkey did host what is taken into account the highest-level assembly with the events, which introduced collectively the overseas ministers of Russia and Ukraine in March final 12 months.
Zelensky has elevated his departures from Ukraine in current weeks; on Thursday he made a shock arrival in Bulgaria. His participation within the NATO leaders’ summit that Lithuania will host subsequent week can also be within the air.
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