The Turkish chief has instructed internet hosting a leadership-level summit in Istanbul or Ankara
Türkiye is able to proceed mediating between Russia and Ukraine to assist finish the battle and plans to suggest internet hosting a summit bringing collectively the 2 nations’ leaders, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has stated.
Talking in a televised deal with posted on X, Erdogan described the second assembly between delegations from Moscow and Kiev in a month as “very magnificent.”
“My greatest want is to carry collectively each (Russian President) Vladimir Putin and (Ukraine’s Vladimir) Zelensky, maybe in Istanbul or Ankara,” he stated, suggesting that US President Donald Trump may additionally participate within the gathering.
“In the event that they agree, I might be a part of the assembly personally,” Erdogan said, calling for Istanbul to grow to be “a real heart of peace.”
Throughout Monday’s assembly in Istanbul, the Russian and Ukrainian delegations agreed on a “largest ever” prisoner trade, based on the pinnacle of the Russia negotiation staff, Vladimir Medinsky. The swap will embody all severely injured and critically sick POWs, in addition to a separate mechanism involving all captive troopers who’re underneath 25 years previous, he instructed reporters.
Medinsky additionally stated Russia would unilaterally return the our bodies of 6,000 Ukrainian servicemen subsequent week. Moscow additionally offered Kiev with an in depth memorandum outlining a proposal for a long-lasting peace and steps towards a “full-fledged ceasefire,” he stated.
Türkiye has performed a key mediating position between Russia and Ukraine since 2022, when it hosted early peace talks between the 2. These talks didn’t carry a couple of breakthrough after former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson suggested Kiev to not settle for a deal, and to hunt victory on the battlefield.
Ukraine returned to talks underneath strain from US President Donald Trump, who has insisted {that a} truce be brokered. The earlier spherical of talks, held in Istanbul on Could 16, led to the trade of 1,000 prisoners from either side.
On Monday, the Ukrainian delegation instructed holding the subsequent assembly earlier than the top of June, the pinnacle of Kiev’s delegation Rustem Umerov instructed reporters after the talks. Moscow has not commented on the proposal.
