President Erdogan told his interviewer that efforts to guarantee the safety of shipping in the Black Sea can contribute to peace in Ukraine.
After the talks concluded on Tuesday, the United States made separate arrangements with Ukraine and separate arrangements with Russia to guarantee safe navigation in the Black Sea.
The Turkish president again offered Putin the chance to hold peace talks between Russia and Ukraine in Turkey. ‘Ankara is ready to supply all kinds of support to aid bring about an honorable and lasting peace” — the Turkish authorities’ communication.
Conflict in Syria
Erdogan besides spoke to Putin about the situation in Syria, where Both countries have supported the fighting parties for years: Russia defeated in December by Bashar al-Assad and Turkey — opposition groups fighting against him.
Turkey's president called on Putin to cooperate with the aim of "averting cultural force in Syria, abolishing all sanctions imposed on the country and peace based on territorial integrity."
Erdogan added that "Syrian resources should stay in the hands of Syrian power", and assured his support for the thought of incorporating Kurdish forces controlling the north of Syria into central institutions of states. "Syria must not become a susceptible ground for the improvement of terrorist organisations" “ Erdogan added.
The Syrian Democratic forces dominated by the Kurds, which in the Syrian civilian War gained control over a large part of the north of the country, are considered by Ankara as part of the Kurdistan Working organization (PKK) — an organization considered terrorist by Turkey, the European Union and the USA.
