by Tuvan Gumrukcu
Ankara - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan (click here)Ankara - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan will tell his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Sunday to stop the invasion of Ukraine, an Erdogan spokesman said, while adding that it was naive to expect talks between Moscow and Kyiv to yield results while fighting rages.
NATO member Turkey shares a maritime border with Ukraine and Russia in the Black Sea and has good ties with both countries. Ankara has opposed sanctions on Moscow, but also described its invasion of Ukraine as unacceptable, called for a ceasefire and offered to host peace talks.
President Erdogan had a fainting spell when he was attending an arts performance. He states he is okay.
He might be able to reach Putin in a way that will matter to end the seige of Ukraine. Turkey is NATO and it doesn't hurt to have the President of Turkey advocating for the end of hostilities.
Israel is also seeking an end to the Russian war within Ukraine.
By Amy Spiro
Hours after returning from a surprise whirlwind trip to Moscow and Berlin, (click here) Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said Israel had a moral obligation to work to broker peace talks between Russia and Ukraine — even if the likelihood for progress was slim.
“I returned from Moscow and Berlin a few hours ago,” Bennett said at the start of the weekly cabinet meeting on Sunday. “I went there to assist the dialogue between all of the sides, of course with the blessing and encouragement of all players.”
Bennett said that he could not “go into greater detail” on the talks he held with Russian President Vladimir Putin or his phone calls with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky....
There is a diplomatic effort that is ongoing.
The two heads of state (click here) spoke several days ahead of a diplomatic forum which is due to take place in the southern Turkish city of Antalya from March 11 to 13 that Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is due to attend.
Foreign Prime Minister Lavrov needs to come to these talks with an open mind and the ability to convey accurate information to Putin. He needs to be honest and not carry the Putin propaganda into these talks. The West is not interested in Putin propaganda. To achieve nothing is a bad idea. Vladimir Putin has violated the public trust of the people of Russia. Propaganda will only last for so long.
6 March 2022
By Stewart Carr
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky (click here) is ready for direct negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin to secure peace, according to his officials.
The president's deputy chief of staff Andriy Sibiga made the announcement as other world leaders continue to mediate with Russia in a bid to halt its widely condemned invasion.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan appealed for an urgent general ceasefire in Ukraine as he spoke with Russian leader Vladimir Putin by telephone today, his office said....
