Türkiye pushes for resumption of Ukraine talks in Istanbul
Türkiye has engaged in a new round of efforts for the resumption of negotiations between Russian and Ukrainian officials in the Istanbul format as Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan paid a two-day visit to Kiev amid recent military escalation that killed at least five people in Ukraine.
Fidan met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha and other high-level officials, including top negotiator Rustem Umerov, in Kiev on July 16. He was in Moscow in mid-June.
Fidan and Sybiha held a joint press conference, expressing their views and assessments on recent developments on the battlefield, peace efforts and the Türkiye-Ukraine bilateral relationship.
“We are of the opinion that the resumption of negotiations between the two sides in the Istanbul format will be beneficial. The uninterrupted continuation of the Istanbul process is important,” Fidan said, recalling that the two sides’ meetings in this format in 2025 provided important outcomes.
