Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in a telephone conversation with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday that Turkey is ready to help the UN with any effort to end the Russian-Ukrainian war, Turkish Daily Sabah writes..

Erdogan noted that Turkey appreciates the expansion of the Black Sea Grain Initiative and is ready to contribute to the efforts on the ammonium pipeline. Export of Russian ammonia will be carried out through the existing pipeline to the Black Sea.

The pipeline was designed to transport up to 2.5 million tons of ammonia per year from the Russian Volga region to the Ukrainian Black Sea port of Yuzhny near Odessa for onward shipment to international buyers.. It was closed after a full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine began on February 24..

In addition to Ukraine, Erdogan and Guterres discussed the situation in Syria and Sudan.

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3 million people will be in need of humanitarian protection and assistance in 2023, the most since the conflict in Sudan began in 2011, according to the UN..

As a country capable of establishing dialogue with both sides of the conflict in Sudan, Erdogan said that Ankara is ready to cooperate with the UN or hold peace talks to end the crisis..

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We will remind, recently Erdogan spoke on the phone with Putin.

Also, the incumbent president of Turkey canceled election rallies due to health reasons.