Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan today congratulated his Russian colleague Vladimir Putin on his victory in the presidential elections and once again offered his mediation in peace talks with Ukraine, his cabinet announced.
In a telephone conversation with Putin, Erdogan expressed the hope that the positive development of relations between Turkey and Russia will continue and added that Turkey is ready to mediate in the negotiations between Ukraine and Russia.
Since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the Turkish president has maintained relations with both Ukraine and Russia, and on several occasions he has offered mediation or other assistance to resolve the conflict between the two countries that share the Black Sea with Turkey.
Erdogan received Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Istanbul in early March and was preparing to welcome President Putin on February 9, before the Russian president canceled the trip.
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