Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan plans to organize a meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Istanbul. Erdoğan recalled that Ukrainian and Russian delegations met this week at the Çırağan Palace.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said, "This week, we will make efforts to hold talks with Putin and Trump and try to bring these leaders together in Istanbul."

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has had a telephone conversation with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, during which they discussed the possibility of holding a new round of negotiations between Ukraine and Russia in Istanbul.