ANKARA : Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky spoke on the phone about the situation in Ukraine.
According to a statement released by the Turkish presidency on Friday, the two leaders reviewed the situation on the ground and the current level of discussions between Russia and Ukraine. According to the statement, Erdogan told Zelensky that he reiterated Turkey's support for Ukraine's territorial integrity at the NATO leaders' summit in Brussels on Thursday.
The Turkish President said that he informed NATO leaders about Turkey's "active and principled policies, as well as extensive diplomatic measures." "Turkey has provided all the assistance it can in this process," Erdogan said to Ukrainian President.
Earlier on Friday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he would call Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin this weekend or early next week to update them on his discussions at the extraordinary NATO summit. Erdogan was quoted by the semi-official Anadolu Agency as stating, "I may probably talk with Putin either this weekend or early next week." 'Now you should be the architect of a move to be made for peace' for the next process,' I'll advise him as we analyse the discussions at the NATO (summit). We should come up with a means to put a stop to this by telling him to 'Make an honourable exit.' "Turkish President Erdogan stated.
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