Ankara’s “biggest need” is to see Moscow and Kiev attain a “definitive end result” in peace talks, the president has mentioned
Türkiye is able to proceed mediating between Russia and Ukraine to assist finish the battle, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has mentioned, hailing the latest talks in Istanbul.
Talking to reporters on Saturday, Erdogan described the latest spherical of Russia-Ukraine talks – the primary direct engagement between the 2 sides since 2022 – as essential to settling the battle.
“Bringing the delegations of the 2 international locations collectively in Istanbul is extraordinarily necessary for the tip of the struggle that began on February 24, 2022, and for the institution of peace within the area,” he mentioned, as quoted by TRT Haber.
The Turkish president mentioned his nation is “not simply saying ‘let the struggle finish,’ we’re additionally proposing strategies, getting ready the bottom and making requires this.”
“Our biggest need is to acquire a definitive end result from the peace talks. Due to this fact, we’re decided to proceed our mediation position for the tip of this struggle. We are going to make each effort to maintain the channels of dialogue open and the negotiations to proceed between the events,” he added, stressing that the battle can’t be resolved militarily.
Through the two-hour Istanbul assembly, Russia and Ukraine agreed to hold out a large-scale prisoner swap and change the preliminary phrases for a possible ceasefire and focus on a follow-up spherical of talks.
Türkiye has been a key mediator between Moscow and Kiev since 2022. That yr, it hosted peace talks between Russia and Ukraine, which did not deliver a few breakthrough – after what Moscow claims was intervention by former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who reportedly suggested Kiev to not settle for a deal and carry on combating. Ankara has additionally been a daily middleman in prisoner exchanges between the 2 belligerents.
Russia has mentioned it’s open to dialogue and able to contemplate a ceasefire with Ukraine, though it has expressed considerations that Kiev might use the pause to revive its battered navy and obtain extra weapons shipments from the West.
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