Erdogan invited Zelensky to hold a meeting with Putin in Turkey ,
Recep Tayyip Erdogan .
KYIV. UkraineGate. 19 . August .2022 l Political News.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reminded President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy of his invitation to hold a meeting in Turkey with Russian President Vladimir Putin .
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“Just as I told (Russian President Vladimir) Putin during my visit to Sochi, I reminded (Ukrainian President Volodymyr) Zelensky that we could hold a meeting between them,” Erdogan told reporters aboard the presidential plane on Thursday after a one-day working trip to Ukraine.
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Ankara is ready to contribute to ending the Russian-Ukrainian war through diplomacy. “I have stated that we will continue to contribute to the resolution of the war through diplomacy and negotiations,” Erdogan said.
Erdogan said Turkey, Ukraine and the UN had discussed steps that could be taken to export Ukrainian grain and called on the international community to take responsibility for the resumption of the diplomatic process.
Erdogan said he had met separately with Zelensky and Putin since the start of the war, adding that Turkey would “bring the issue to the UN General Assembly in September.”
“The messages that need to be conveyed there are very significant. The messages that we and other countries will give there are very important,” he said.
Zaporizhzhia NPP
During a tripartite meeting in Lviv, Erdogan expressed concern about the conflict around the Zaporizhzhia NPP and said: “We do not want to experience the new Chernobyl.” He told reporters that the Zaporizhia issue was not a “common issue.”
Erdogan also said Zelenskiy demanded that Russian mines be removed from the area.
“We will discuss this issue with Putin, and we will specifically ask him to do so so that Russia will contribute to this regard as an important step for world peace,” he added.
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The day before, a summit was held in Lviv with the participation of the UN Secretary General, the Presidents of Ukraine and Turkey. The latter, according to Turkish media, allegedly had to try again to put Zelensky and Putin at the negotiating table.
After the meetings, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that negotiations with Russia are possible only if Russian troops leave the illegally occupied territory of Ukraine.
Source : Ukrgate
