President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of Türkiye "congratulated" his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on his election victory, and reiterated his offer for mediation with Ukraine.
According to a statement by the Presidency of Türkiye, "Expressing his belief that the positive course in the Türkiye-Russia relations would increasingly continue in the new period, President Erdoğan stated that Türkiye stands ready to assume any facilitating role in returning to the negotiating table in Ukraine" during a phone call.