Turkey will become a starting point for the steps that should be taken on the situation around the East of Ukraine, the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is convinced of the Turkish President.
“This may be Istanbul or Ankara,” said the Turkish leader to reporters after a festive prayer in the mosque in Istanbul, Anadolu reports.
The head of the Turkish state said that on Saturday his spokeswoman Ibrahim Kalyn and the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey Sedat ONAL went to Kyiv, where they met with the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky.
“From there, wishes came, and probably this week we will have negotiations with Mr. Putin. Ibrahim Kalyn, I hope, will accelerate this process by meeting with Mr. Ushakov (assistant to the President of the Russian Federation Yuri Ushakov – Ed.) . I am interested in how we can accelerate evacuation, for example, in Mariupol, how we can find a solution to this issue, and we will try to do it, ”said Erdogan.
The head of the Turkish state noted that Turkey makes every effort to organize a meeting of the leaders of the Russian Federation and Ukraine in Istanbul or Ankara.