Erdoğan, Zelenskyy discuss war over the phone

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Presidents of Türkiye and Ukraine discussed the latest developments in Russia's war in Ukraine during a phone call today (September 28).

According to a statement by Türkiye's Communications Directorate, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan told his counterpart, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, that a deal on Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant could be reached through Türkiye's mediation between Kyiv and Moscow, just like the İstanbul grain corridor deal.

Erdoğan also expressed pleasure over the successful prisoner exchange between Ukraine and Russia last week.

He reiterated Ankara's readiness to take any steps to help end the Russia-Ukraine war through peaceful means, saying that referendums held in territories controlled by Russia would hamper such diplomatic efforts.

Ukraine's separatist regions of Donetsk and Luhansk and parts of Zaporizhzhia and Kherson held referendums on joining Russia on September 23-27.

European nations and the US called them "sham" and said they will not be recognized. (VK)