Erdogan reiterates to Putin his predisposition to mediate and facilitate a lasting peace between Russia and Ukraine

MADRID, 16 Ene. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, held a telephone conversation on Monday in which the Turkish leader reiterated his willingness to mediate and facilitate a lasting peace agreement between Moscow and kyiv.

Turkey already confirmed last week that it agreed with the draft peace plan defended by the Ukrainian president, Volodimir Zelenski, although from Moscow they regretted these statements and totally distanced themselves from the Ukrainian proposal.

In fact, Putin himself has warned during this conversation of "the destructive line of the kyiv regime", whom he has accused of "intensifying hostilities with the support of Western sponsors", as well as having "rejected the proposal to ceasefire for Orthodox Christmas," according to the Kremlin.

However, despite marking distances with kyiv for a possible peace agreement, Putin has acknowledged that the Human Rights commissioners of Russia and Ukraine will address the exchange of prisoners, especially the wounded, in the near future, thanks to the proposed initiative. for Ankara.

The Turkish Presidency has pointed out that, on the other hand, the recent problems denounced by Ukraine regarding the grain and fertilizer corridor from Black Sea ports have been discussed, and a project has been discussed to convert Russian grain into flour in Turkey and send it to African countries, collects the Anatolia agency.

At the energy level, both parties have reaffirmed their commitment to greater cooperation and with an eye on the implementation of a regional gas center in Turkish territory.

Finally, the Russian side has put the normalization of relations between Turkey and Syria on the table, and has highlighted the practical importance of giving continuity to the work between Moscow, Ankara and Tehran within the framework of the Astana process for a ceasefire. In Syria.