Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, whose support he hopes.
The Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky landed in the Turkish capital on Monday evening, to meet his counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdoğan whose support he hopes, while Américans and Russians met in Saudi Arabia.
“All efforts continue to make our citizens return home”said Zelensky in a message published on his X account, adding that he would discuss with Erdoğan prisoner and food security.
On the Turkish side, the head of communication, Fahrettin Altun, said on social networks that “Strategic partnership relations between Turkey and Ukraine will be examined in all their aspects, and the measures to be taken to strengthen cooperation between the two countries will be discussed. (…) As part of this visit, the two leaders will also exchange their points of view on the latest developments in Ukraine and other regional and global issues. “
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan told him that Turkey is the country “ideal” To accommodate talks to Ukraine.
First Russian-American negotiations in Saudi Arabia
High American and Russian officials, led by the heads of diplomacy, began in parallel Tuesday in Riyadh a high -tension meeting aimed at relaunching a lowest relationship since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and prepare a possible Next summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin. This is the first Russian-American meeting at this level and in such a format since the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022.
Mr. Zelensky, expected in turn in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, repeated on Monday that Ukraine “would not recognize” No agreement concluded without it, and regretted not having been informed upstream of the Riyadh talks.
Turkey, a member of NATO, had greeted talks between Moscow and Kyiv twice in 2022. Ankara, who has managed to maintain her links with the two countries, provides combat drones and war boats to the Ukrainians but was not joined to Western sanctions against Russia.
