Meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin the Turkish president will have tomorrow, Wednesday (11/10). Tayyip Erdogan in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan.
Their meeting will take place on the sidelines of the “Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia” (CICA), which will be held between October 12-13, a Turkish official told AFP.
Turkey, which has been neutral since its inception war in Ukrainehas in the past offered to mediate the opening of negotiations between Kyiv and Moscow and maintains good relations with both neighbors.
So far Erdogan has not commented on yesterday’s Russian shelling across Ukraine, which killed at least 19 people and injured more than 100.
However, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, as reported by the Athens News Agency, had a telephone conversation with his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba after the attacks, as a Turkish diplomatic img said without going into details.
Last month, Erdogan met with Putin on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization regional summit in Uzbekistan.
The Turkish president remains hopeful of bringing Putin to the negotiating table with his Ukrainian counterpart for talks aimed at a ceasefire, which neither side particularly wants but which Turkish officials insist are both necessary and realistic. .
THE Turkeywhich is a member of NATO, has not participated in the Western sanctions against Russia.
Erdogan is eager to boost trade ties with Moscow as he seeks to stabilize the battered economy ahead of elections next June.
Last month, Ankara confirmed that the last three state-owned Turkish banks (Halk Bank, Ziraat and Vakifbank) that until then allowed the operation of the Russian Mir payment system have abandoned it.
It is a type of card used by Russians after the withdrawal (due to Ukraine war) from the Russian market of well-known credit cards such as Visa Master Card.
The decision came after weeks of intense pressure and warnings from Washington for Turkey to reduce its economic ties with Russia or face sanctions.
Source: News Beast
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