Russian President Vladimir Putin volition conscionable his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdoğan successful Kazakhstan’s superior Astana connected Wednesday connected the sidelines of a determination summit, a Turkish authoritative told AFP Tuesday.
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Monday that imaginable talks betwixt Russia and the West mightiness beryllium discussed during the meeting. The leaders are some attending the Conference connected Interaction and Confidence Building Measures successful Asia (CICA).
Last month, the 2 leaders met connected the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) acme successful Uzbekistan.
NATO subordinate Turkey has truthful acold refrained from joining Western sanctions against Russia and alternatively attempted to play the relation of a mediator, hosting talks with officials from Moscow and Kyiv and arbitrating a atom woody alongside the U.N. to guarantee harmless nutrient exports retired of blockaded Ukrainian ports. It has besides supplied drones to Ukrainian forces. But it is besides accused of warfare profiteering, helping others successful the evasion of planetary embargoes for its ain benefit.
Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu connected Tuesday called for a cease-fire “as soon arsenic possible,” aft the Russian strikes crossed Ukraine on Monday, which killed at slightest 19 radical and wounded much than 100.
Putin volition besides conscionable with UAE ruler Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi successful Saint Petersburg on Tuesday, according to Kremlin spokesperson Peskov.
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