Turkey calls main task of organizing meeting between Putin and Zelensky

By Trend

Turkey considers it its main task to organize a meeting between the presidents of Russia and Ukraine, Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky, Turkey's Presidential Spokesperson Ibrahim Kalin said in an interview with Al Jazeera, Trend reports.

"We keep our channels of communication open with both parties. This is very important, our efforts are aimed at organizing a direct meeting between the presidents of Russia and Ukraine. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavushoglu recently visited Moscow, held talks," he said.

According to him, Turkish President Recep Tayyib Erdogan has twice contacted Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. He added that Turkey is using all channels to quickly achieve a ceasefire in Ukraine.

"The parties meet at the technical level in Belarus. The first ministerial meeting took place during the Diplomatic Forum in Antalya. Today the main task is to organize a summit meeting," he added.