JAKARTA - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan explained that he discussed ways to end Ukraine's war with Russian President Vladimir Putin during talks in China and with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy by telephone. But both sides were "not ready" for a meeting of leaders.
Erdogan spoke to reporters on his plane after returning from Cjina, where he met Putin and called Zelenskyy.
The talks in recent months between Russian and Ukrainian officials in Istanbul show the path to peace is still open.
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Turkey supports a gradual increase in negotiations to realize the hope of peace as a real result.
According to Erdogan, every initiative needs to be handled at the leadership level, although conditions are not yet possible.
Turkey, a NATO member, has kept communication open with Moscow and Kyiv since the 2022 Russian invasion and has sought to mediate between the two.
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