Chatting with reporters in Kyiv on Thursday, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy mentioned Turkey was engaged on plans for a ceasefire particularly linked to vitality infrastructure and transport.
“President Erdogan talked about this to me. I informed him we might assist it. He needed to organise a corresponding assembly, initially at staff degree, then on the leaders’ degree. I informed him we’re prepared,” he mentioned.
“As we speak, the US believes we’re near an settlement,” he added.
“From what I perceive, the Russians merely informed them that they’d not comply with any (interim) ceasefire until an settlement is signed,” he mentioned, referring to a full and full peace deal.
Turkey, which has sought to keep up relations with Moscow and Kyiv all through the warfare, controls the Bosphorus Strait, a key passage for transporting Ukrainian grain and Russian oil in direction of the Mediterranean.
In November, Erdogan mentioned a ceasefire deal overlaying vitality and port infrastructure constituted a possible foundation for negotiations towards a complete peace settlement, throughout an internet assembly of Ukraine’s allies.
