Turkey says aims for meeting between Putin, Zelensky

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu says today’s meeting between the Russian and Ukrainian foreign ministers in Turkey aims pave the way for a meeting between the leaders of the two countries.

“Our main goal is to bring the three leaders together,” Turkey’s Hurriyet newspaper quotes Cavusoglu as saying, in reference to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

NATO-member Turkey, which has cultivated close ties with both Russia and Ukraine, is trying to balance relations with both nations. It has positioned itself as a neutral party, seeking to facilitate negotiations between the warring sides.

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