Turkey's Priority Civilian Evacuations From Mariupol: Erdogan
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has outlined Turkey's priority in
Ukraine, as the immediate evacuation of civilians from war-torn
Mariupol, along with ending the war, informing that he will have a
conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin this week,
Trend reports
citing Hurriyet Daily News .
Erdogan responded to the questions of reporters in Istanbul on
early May 2 after his prayer on the occasion of the first day of
the Eid al-Fitr celebrations.
“I believe that the solution point for the problems concerning
eastern Ukraine will be Turkey, either Istanbul or Ankara,” he said
on a question about the situation in Ukraine. Recalling that his
chief foreign policy adviser, Ibrahim Kalın, paid a visit to Kiev
to hold talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Erdogan
informed that his adviser would also see Putin's adviser, Yuri
Ushakov, in the coming days.
“It's probable that we will hold a conversation with Mr. Putin
this week. We will exert efforts in a bid to accelerate the
evacuations from Mariupol and at the same time to find a solution
to this problem,” Erdogan stressed.
The evacuation of the civilians constitutes an urgency, the
president said, as Ankara sees that the humanitarian situation is
getting worse in many places where heavy clashes between the
warring parties escalate, including Mariupol and other provinces in
eastern Ukraine.
“We will take all these steps, but it's a fact that the leaders
should come together. Our wish is to bring the two leaders either
in Istanbul or Ankara,” he suggested.
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- Recep Tayyip Erdogan
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