Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder met with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Tried to convince him that the war should be stopped.

This is written by the German edition of Welt.

According to Politico, Schroeder's meeting with Putin took place after talks with Ukrainian MP Rustem Umerov, who is a member of the Ukrainian delegation to the peace talks with Russia..

Umerov allegedly contacted Ringier CEO Mark Walder with a request to convey a message to Schroeder that Ukraine would like to contact him..

Schroeder, for his part, agreed and met in Istanbul with the Ukrainian delegation headed by Umerov.

During the conversation, the deputy told Schroeder that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky would like him to influence Putin and try to negotiate an end to the war with him.. Also, the Ukrainian side named several key points that they would like to discuss, we are talking about joining NATO, the status of Crimea and the future of Donbass.

After negotiations, Schroeder turned to a person who is close to Putin and received a green light regarding the meeting..