Turkey’s dialogue with Ukraine, Russia is important, Erdogan tells Biden
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan advised U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday it was essential for Ankara to keep up dialogue with each Ukraine and Russia to forestall their battle from worsening.
Erdogan additionally advised Biden in a telephone name that Turkey’s facilitator position in looking for an answer to the battle was essential, in response to a press release from his workplace.
NATO member Turkey, which shares a maritime border with Russia and Ukraine within the Black Sea, has good relations with each international locations. It has referred to as Russia’s invasion unacceptable though it opposes sanctions in opposition to Moscow.
Russian Overseas Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba met in Turkey’s southern Antalya province on Thursday below Ankara’s auspices.
However the highest-level contact between the 2 sides since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine made no obvious progress in the direction of a ceasefire.
It additionally didn’t attain an answer for a humanitarian hall from the southern Ukrainian port of Mariupol.
Within the name with Biden, Erdogan mentioned arranging the assembly between Lavrov and Kuleba was in itself a diplomatic victory.
Each Kuleba and Turkish Overseas Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, who hosted the talks, mentioned it was not a straightforward assembly.
(Reporting by Ali Kucukgocmen; Enhancing by Alex Richardson and Angus MacSwan)
