Hakan Fidan announced Turkey's readiness to join the monitoring of the ceasefire in Ukraine, FOKUS reported.
Ankara supports the initiative of the coalition and the territorial integrity of Ukraine. During a telephone conversation with representatives of the "coalition of the Willing" in Kiev on Saturday, May 10, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan expressed Ankara's readiness to join the monitoring of the ceasefire. This was reported by Reuters, citing its sources.
As reported by sources from the Turkish Foreign Ministry, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan supported the initiative of the coalition, confirming Turkey's commitment to the territorial integrity of Ukraine. He also expressed Ankara's readiness to assist in establishing an unconditional ceasefire and said that Turkey was ready to take on the role of monitoring its observance if an agreement was reached.
At a press conference in the Kremlin on the night of May 11, Russian President Vladimir Putin told reporters that Russia was ready to resume peace talks with Ukraine on May 15 in Istanbul. According to the Kremlin leader, Kiev had sabotaged previous ceasefire initiatives and almost immediately launched large-scale attacks.