President Erdoğan held a joint press conference with Ukrainian President Zelenskiy

 

Holding a joint press conference with President Zelenskyy of Ukraine, President Erdoğan said: “Since the beginning, we have made, and continue to make every contribution in our power for the termination of the war on the basis of negotiations. We are ready to host a peace summit in which Russia will also participate.”

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine held a joint press conference following their meeting in Istanbul.   

Expressing his pleasure to be welcoming President Zelenskyy and his delegation to Istanbul, President Erdoğan extended his ‘get well soon’ wishes to Ukraine and Greece due to the missile attack that took place close to a site President Zelenskyy and Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis of Greece were visiting on Wednesday, and added: “I offer my condolences for the Ukrainian citizens who lost their lives in the war, which has finished its second year.”

Noting that the developments in the war have been discussed in detail during today’s meeting with the Ukrainian leader, President Erdoğan said: “I expressed to him our findings with all sincerity as a friend. I re-emphasized our support for the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine, our strategic partner. Unfortunately, the negative repercussions of the war have been increasing on a regional and global scale, particularly in Ukraine. No diplomatic step has been taken of a quality that could come close to the negotiating table we formed for the establishment of peace in Istanbul in March 2022. Since the beginning, we have made, and continue to make every contribution in our power for the termination of the war on the basis of negotiations. We are ready to host a peace summit in which Russia will also participate.”