Erdoğan tells Zelensky Turkey has been making efforts for immediate ceasefire to end Russia-Ukraine conflict
Holding a telephone call on Saturday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan told his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky that Ankara has been making efforts for an immediate ceasefire to put an end to the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
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- Published Date: 04:23 | 26 February 2022
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Erdoğan told Ukrainian Zelensky during a phone call on Saturday that Ankara is making efforts for an immediate ceasefire.
In a statement, the Turkish Presidency said Erdoğan also expressed condolences for Ukrainians killed in the Russian attack.
The Turkish president expressed his condolences over the loss of lives in Ukraine, and wished a speedy recovery to the wounded.
Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the military intervention on Thursday, days after recognizing two separatist-held enclaves in eastern Ukraine.
ZELENSKY THANKS ERDOĞAN FOR TURKEY'S MILITARY AND OTHER SUPPORT
Zelensky thanked Erdoğan for Turkey's humanitarian and military support, saying a "ban on the passage of (Russian) warships to the Black Sea" was very important for his country.
Turkey, which controls the Dardanelles and Bosphorus straits that link the Mediterranean to the Black Sea, has not publicly announced any ban on Russian warships using the straits despite Ukraine's urgent requests that it do so.
On Friday Turkey's foreign minister said that under the 1936 convention covering the matter, Ankara could not bar warships returning to a home base in the Black Sea from passing through the straits. Russia has a major naval base in the Black Sea.
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