Delegations from Ukraine and Russia meet. Erdogan has urged them to call a truce
ROMAN PETRENKO - TUESDAY, 29 MARCH 2022, 10:05
Negotiating teams from Ukraine and Russia have met in Istanbul, with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addressing them and calling for a truce.
Source: Erdogan's speech, which has been broadcast by Ukrainian TV channels
Details: Erdogan has called for a truce and said that the continuation of hostilities is not beneficial to anyone.
He expressed hope that the talks would yield a concrete result.
The Turkish president also said that successful talks in Istanbul would facilitate a meeting between Ukrainian and Russian leaders.
According to Erdogan: "As your neighbour, I am very upset about this situation. We have been making efforts to end it.
We have tried to restore peace, to restore international law.
All international platforms have tried to defend the rights of both countries to ensure a fair approach to the issue. Our country also lost a lot of troops, and we have tried not to let this happen again to the north of us.
Turkey feels responsible for peace in our region, we believe that peace will be restored. Continuation of the conflict will not be good for anyone - every person who dies, every building that is destroyed takes a piece away from our future.
Restoring peace will be good for both sides and for everyone.
We look forward to hearing from you with happy news."
More details: After the speech, Erdogan left the talks and said he was leaving for Uzbekistan.
Updated: At the negotiating table from Ukraine: Davyd Arakhamiya, head of the "Sluha Narodu" (Servant of the People) faction; Oleksiy Reznikov, Defence Minister; Andrii Kostin and Rustem Umerov, members of parliament; Mykhailo Podoliak, advisor to the head of the Presidential Office; Mykola Tochytskyi, Deputy Foreign Minister; Kyrylo Timoshenko, Deputy Head of the Presidential Office; General Oleksandr Kyrylenko and Oleksandr Chalyi, diplomat and former official.
Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich is also in Istanbul. He had talks with Turkish President Recep Erdogan and members of the delegations before the talks began.
It is also known that Arakhamiya took part in a one-to-one meeting of the heads of the delegations with Vladimir Medinski.
