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Turkish president meets NATO chief as Kyiv asks Ankara to host a leaders\u2019 level meeting with Russia.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Published On 22 Apr 2026<\/span>22 Apr 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Turkiye is making efforts to revive negotiations between Russia and Ukraine and bring together the leaders of the warring sides, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has told NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte.<\/p>\n Ankara has maintained good ties with both sides since Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.<\/p>\n list of 4 items<\/span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n Erdogan and Rutte met in the Turkish capital Ankara, the Turkish presidency said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n \u201cErdogan said we were engaged, as Turkiye, for the Ukraine-Russia war to end with peace, and that we are working to revive negotiations and start talks at leaders\u2019 level,\u201d the presidency said in a readout of the meeting.<\/p>\n The Turkish president also told Rutte that maintaining transatlantic ties was \u201cindispensable\u201d, but that Ankara expected European NATO allies to take more responsibility for transatlantic security, the presidency said.<\/p>\n Separately, Erdogan had a phone call with German Chancellor Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Wednesday, informing him of Ankara\u2019s efforts to achieve a lasting peace through talks in Ukraine, the presidency said.<\/p>\n Erdogan told the German leader that the US-Iran war was \u201cstarting to weaken Europe\u201d and that the damage from the conflict would increase if world powers failed to intervene with \u201cpeace-oriented approaches\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cErdogan said Turkiye was working to end the Ukraine-Russia war through negotiations and reach lasting peace, just as it is trying with regards to Iran,\u201d the presidency said in a statement after the phone call.<\/p>\n Earlier on Wednesday, Kyiv said it had asked Turkiye, a NATO member, to host a leaders\u2019 level meeting with Russia.<\/p>\n \u201cWe asked the Turks about it, we asked some other capitals,\u201d Ukraine\u2019s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said in comments to reporters on Tuesday that were cleared for release on Wednesday.<\/p>\n He added that Ukraine would be ready to consider any place other than Belarus or Russia for a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, and that Ukraine\u2019s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has long sought to try to hasten a resolution of the more than four-year war.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Russian news agencies quoted Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying that Putin would be ready to meet his counterpart only for the purpose of finalising agreements on the conflict.<\/p>\n \u201cThe main thing is the goal of this meeting. Why should they meet? Putin has said he is ready for a meeting in Moscow at any moment,\u201d the TASS news agency quoted Peskov as telling Russian state television.<\/p>\n \u201cThe main thing is that there should be a reason to meet, and the main thing is that the meeting should be productive. And it can only be for the purpose of finalising agreements.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Turkish president meets NATO chief as Kyiv asks Ankara to host a leaders\u2019 level meeting with Russia. Published On 22 Apr 202622 Apr 2026 Turkiye is making efforts to revive negotiations between Russia and Ukraine and bring together the leaders of the warring sides, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has told NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte. 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