"This week, by holding talks with Putin and Trump, we will strive to see if we can bring these leaders together in Istanbul," Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan plans to organize a meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Istanbul. Erdoğan recalled that Ukrainian and Russian delegations met this week at the Çırağan Palace.

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This week, after holding talks with Putin and Trump, we will try to find out whether we can bring these leaders together in Istanbul,” the post reads. On July 23, the head of the Ukrainian delegation,

All meetings between Ukraine and Russia in Istanbul have one observer — US President Donald Trump. This is one of the key reasons to continue these negotiations, said political analyst Ihor Reiterovych in a comment to RBC-Ukraine’s YouTube channel.