Turkish President
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan held a phone call with NATO Secretary-General Rutte on the Russia-Ukraine war. Erdoğan told NATO chief Rutte that Türkiye is closely following the
Trump-Putin meeting set for Friday in Alaska.
The leaders discussed the latest developments in the
Russia-Ukraine war, as well as regional and global issues.
Erdoğan said progress had been made in the
Istanbul talks aimed at securing a lasting ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine and stressed the importance of the process yielding positive humanitarian outcomes.
Rutte shared his views on the situation in Ukraine ahead of the Alaska summit between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Erdoğan said Türkiye is closely following the upcoming meeting.
Trump and Putin will meet in Alaska on Friday at 11.30 am local time (1930GMT). The meeting will be the first between sitting US and Russian presidents since the start of the Moscow-Kyiv war, now nearing three and a half years.
