Xinhua2022:04:25.08:23
ISTANBUL/KIEV, April 24 (Xinhua) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke by phone on Sunday about the latest developments in the Ukraine crisis.
Turkey’s Presidential Office said in a statement that Erdogan said there was an urgent need to ensure the evacuation of the wounded and civilians from Ukraine’s Mariupol, “where the situation is getting (more and more) sad every day.”
Meanwhile, Zelenskyi tweeted that he stressed the need for the immediate evacuation of civilians from that city, including the Azovstal plant, and for an immediate replacement of blocked troops.
The two presidents also discussed issues related to the negotiation process between Russia and Ukraine.
Erdogan said Turkey is fundamentally positive about the guarantor issue and his country is ready to provide any support it can for the negotiation process, Turkey’s Presidential Office said.
After a fresh round of face-to-face talks between Russia and Ukraine in Istanbul in March, Ukrainian negotiators mentioned a number of countries, including Turkey, that could act as guarantors.
(Web Editor: Rosa Liu, Zhao Jian)