Erdogan again offers to mediate ceasefire in Ukraine
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the Turkish President has said that he continues negotiations with Kyiv and Moscow and is ready to mediate for a ceasefire and subsequently for a lasting peace.
Source: Ukrinform news agency, quoting Erdoğan during the trilateral summit with the participation of the Presidents of Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan
Quote from Erdoğan: "We have seen that if diplomacy is given an opportunity in an agreement on grain and prisoner of war exchange, the path to peace can be opened. We continue our talks with Mr. Putin and Mr. Zelenskyy in this area, and we hope to establish a ceasefire, and then a lasting peace in our region."
Details: The Turkish President noted that the Russian aggression in Ukraine had shaken the global system, its food and power bases, and led to high inflation rates around the world.
Erdoğan believes that a just peace may be established only through dialogue and Turkey is ready to continue to mediate in this process.
Background:
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy outlined 10 proposals that comprise Ukraine’s "formula for peace" with Russia in his video address to the G20 summit.
- Ukrainian authorities have repeatedly emphasised that the stage of diplomatic negotiations can be reached only if Russian troops leave the borders of Ukraine as of December 1991.
- The Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation has stated that Russia "does not accept preconditions regarding Ukraine", particularly the requirement to withdraw the Russian troops.
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