Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan believes that the resumption of the negotiation process between Ukraine and Russia on the basis of the agreements reached in Istanbul in March is possible. He stated this at a press conference in Lviv following meetings with President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky and UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres.

As evidence of the possibility of negotiating, he cited the current agreement on the export of Ukrainian food, which was signed in Istanbul almost a month ago.. According to him, the whole world began to feel the positive consequences of the signed agreement..

“We discussed the possibilities of turning the positive atmosphere that arose as a result of the signing of the grain agreement into a strong peace. We stressed that the international community must take greater responsibility for reviving the diplomatic process,” Erdogan said..

Turkish President declares readiness to mediate in negotiations.

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At the same time, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stressed that he does not yet see a “diplomatic window” for negotiations with Russia to end the war, despite the fact that the so-called “grain agreement” has started working..

“I expressed my opinion to Mr. President of Turkey that the Russian Federation has no faith.

Killing, raping people who daily hit our civilian cities, civilian infrastructures with cruise missiles - they cannot want peace.. Therefore, at first it seems to me that they should liberate our territories, and then. Then there will be later,"

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Recall that the so-called " At the same time, a direct agreement between the Russian Federation and Ukraine was not signed.. Under the terms of the concluded document, the UN and Turkey pledged to ensure the implementation of the agreement by Russia.