Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky during a phone call on Sunday that Turkey was ready to provide all possible assistance during the negotiation process between Ukraine and Russia.
Erdogan said the evacuation of the wounded and civilians in Mariupol, Ukraine, must be ensured, adding that Turkey views the issue of acting as a mediator in the negotiations positively in principle. Ukraine sought security guarantees from several countries during negotiations with Russia.
Zelensky and Erdogan discussed the need for immediate evacuation of civilians from the port city of Mariupol, including the Russian-surrounded but Ukrainian-controlled Azovstal factory, and the exchange of Ukrainian troops stationed at the factory.
US secretaries to visit Kiev
This Saturday (23), the Ukrainian president informed that the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, and the US Defense Secretary, Lloyd Austin, will visit the Ukrainian capital of Kiev this Sunday (24).
“I don’t think it’s a secret that the people of the US are coming to us tomorrow, Secretary of State Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin coming to us,” Zelensky said at a news conference held at an underground subway station. in Kiev.
Zelensky also said, “We hope, when security allows, that the President of the United States will come and talk to us.”
Source: CNN Brasil
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