President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan held a meeting with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine at the Presidential Complex.
The meeting addressed efforts to resolve the Russia-Ukraine conflict, along with bilateral and regional matters.
During the meeting, President Erdoğan conveyed his pleasure at welcoming President Zelensky of Ukraine to Ankara.
President Erdoğan emphasised that at this stage, the course of the Ukraine-Russia war has made it necessary to resolve it through direct negotiations and that reaching a consensus on minimum common ground is of critical importance to prevent further loss of life.
President Erdoğan stated that a historic opportunity has been seized to initiate negotiations and that he strongly supports talks both at the technical level and at the level of leaders.
President Erdoğan underlined that Türkiye attaches importance to keeping channels of dialogue open between Ukraine and Russia for the swift establishment of peace and that, as the host country, they would be pleased to welcome the leaders of both countries when they are ready.