"We are drowning..." - From Lisbon, Milan to Tirana, "The Guardi...
/ 2026-10-18 23:13:32Focus

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he has spoken to both Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky and that the two leaders are "not yet ready" for a meeting.
Erdogan said he discussed ways to end the war with Putin yesterday in Beijing and that he had spoken by phone with Zelenskyy.
Turkey, he said, favors "gradually raising the level of negotiations" to transform hopes for peace into concrete results.
His comments throw cold water on the possibility of a meeting between the leaders, which had been proposed after Putin's meeting with Donald Trump in Alaska.
Turkey has been mentioned as one of the possible locations for bilateral talks between Russia and Ukraine.