President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will continue his diplomatic efforts for the ceasefire in the Russia-Ukraine war, which began on February 24, as well as for the evacuation of civilians from the region and peacebuilding with today's meetings and the Antalya Diplomacy Forum.
President Erdogan, who has maintained intense diplomacy traffic in the international arena since the first days of the Russia-Ukraine tension, will meet with President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan today at a working dinner.
The steps that can be taken to stop the war and its regional impacts will be addressed during the dinner at the Çankaya Presidential Palace.
President Erdoğan will speak by phone with President Joe Biden of the United States at 18.30 local time. The agenda of this conversation will be the Russia-Ukraine War.
Diplomacy traffic will continue in Antalya
President Erdoğan will attend the Antalya Diplomacy Forum tomorrow, where the most pressing regional and global issues will be discussed on a free platform in a solution-oriented manner. The efforts to end the Russia-Ukraine war will be on President Erdoğan's agenda at the forum.
President Erdoğan's contacts will continue with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis of Greece, whom he will host in Istanbul on Sunday, March 13, and Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany, who will pay an official visit to Ankara on Monday, March 14.
Talks with Zelensky and Putin
President Erdoğan chaired the security summit attended by several ministers and staff at the Presidential Complex, following the attack on Ukrainian territory launched by the Russian army on the morning of February 24.
Afterwards, President Erdoğan first spoke by phone with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine. The second phone call with Zelensky was held on February 26. President Erdoğan stressed that Türkiye was working for an immediate declaration of ceasefire in a bid to prevent further loss of life and harm to Ukraine. On March 4, President Erdoğan spoke by phone with Zelensky again.
On March 6, President Erdoğan spoke by phone with President Vladimir Putin of Russia. President Erdoğan stated that Türkiye stood ready to make all kinds of contributions for the Ukraine problem to be resolved as soon as possible by peaceful means.
Noting that an urgent general ceasefire would not only ease the humanitarian concerns in the region, but also provide an opportunity to seek a political solution, President Erdoğan reiterated his call to “pave the way for peace together."
Contacts with other leaders
On the Russia-Ukraine war, President Erdoğan also spoke by phone with President Emmanuel Macron of France, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev of Uzbekistan, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov of Turkmenistan, President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan, President Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus, who held the first round of negotiations between Russian and Ukrainian delegations, Prime Minister Mark Rutte of the Netherlands, President Alexander Van der Bellen of Austria, Prime Minister Boris Johnson of the United Kingdom, President Gitanas Nauseda of Lithuania, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada, President Aleksandar Vucic of Serbia, President Maia Sandu of Moldova, President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and President of the European Council Charles Michel.
Furthermore, President Erdoğan exchanged views on the Russia-Ukraine war with President Vjosa Osmani of Kosovo and President Isaac Herzog of Israel, whom he hosted in Ankara.