Turkey’s Erdogan announces meetings with Zelenskyy, Putin
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (Photo:ADITYA PRADANA PUTRA/G20 Media Center/Handout via REUTERS)
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said he is set to hold talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian dictator Vladimir Putin on Dec. 11, CNN Turk television channel reported on Dec. 9.
“I will have a meeting with Putin on Sunday,” Erdoğan said.
“I will also have a meeting with Zelenskyy.”
The Turkish president did not say what the subject or goal of the talks with the two sides would be.
According to Erdoğan, in addition to the great casualties, the war has caused serious human, economic and political losses for the region and the world.
Zelenskyy and Erdoğan held a phone talk on Nov. 18, followed by the Turkish president’s phone talk with Putin.
“In a phone call with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan we praised the extension of the grain deal,” Zelenskyy tweeted.
“I thanked for supporting our #GrainfromUkraine initiative and assured that Ukraine will remain a guarantor of food stability. Security and energy cooperation were also discussed.”
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