ANKARA: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Russia‘s Black Sea resort of Sochi on August 5, the Turkish presidency stated.
The 2 leaders held their first assembly since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on the sidelines of a Syria summit in Tehran on July 19.
Erdogan has tried to thrust Turkey — on good phrases with each Moscow and Kyiv — into the centre of diplomatic efforts to attempt to halt the five-month warfare.
Turkey labored with the United Nations to get the warring sides to signal a deal in Istanbul final week aimed toward resuming grain shipments throughout the Black Sea.
Russia in flip has been involved by Erdogan’s threats to launch a brand new army incursion into northern Syria.
Russia and Iran have supported the Syrian authorities within the decade-long battle whereas Turkey has backed varied insurgent teams.
Each Putin and Iranian leaders urged Erdogan towards launching a brand new Syrian offensive final week.
Analysts imagine that Turkey would favor to get Russia and Iran’s approval earlier than beginning a brand new marketing campaign towards Kurdish militants in northern Syria that Ankara views as “terrorists”.
The 2 leaders held their first assembly since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on the sidelines of a Syria summit in Tehran on July 19.
Erdogan has tried to thrust Turkey — on good phrases with each Moscow and Kyiv — into the centre of diplomatic efforts to attempt to halt the five-month warfare.
Turkey labored with the United Nations to get the warring sides to signal a deal in Istanbul final week aimed toward resuming grain shipments throughout the Black Sea.
Russia in flip has been involved by Erdogan’s threats to launch a brand new army incursion into northern Syria.
Russia and Iran have supported the Syrian authorities within the decade-long battle whereas Turkey has backed varied insurgent teams.
Each Putin and Iranian leaders urged Erdogan towards launching a brand new Syrian offensive final week.
Analysts imagine that Turkey would favor to get Russia and Iran’s approval earlier than beginning a brand new marketing campaign towards Kurdish militants in northern Syria that Ankara views as “terrorists”.