INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan will speak to Vladimir Putin by phone on Sunday to discuss Russia&s war in Ukraine, spokesman Ibrahim Kalin
said, adding Turkey was ready to help resolve the crisis, Reuters reported.NATO member Turkey shares a maritime border with Ukraine and
Russia in the Black Sea and has good ties to both, but opposes sanctions on Moscow
Ankara has called the invasion unacceptable and offered to host peace talks, while calling for a ceasefire.Speaking to reporters in Istanbul
on Saturday, Kalin said Erdogan would reiterate that offer to Putin and ask him to &give a chance& to a humanitarian ceasefire and set up
humanitarian corridors needed for civilian evacuations and aid shipments.&Our president&s message is for the war and the attacks to be
stopped immediately, for talks to start by coming together at an appropriate basis and give diplomacy a chance,& Kalin said.According to
Reuters it was important that Russia had a reliable counterpart to speak to as the West &burned bridges& with it, Kalin said, adding that
Ankara would not abandon ties with either Russia or Ukraine.Kalin also said attacks on or near nuclear power plants in Ukraine were &playing
with fire& and that Erdogan would also hold talks with other leaders on Saturday, including Canada&s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and
European Union officials.Turkey welcomes statements from Russia about holding talks over humanitarian corridors and the continuation of
discussions with Ukraine, he added.Turkey has forged close cooperation with Russia in defence, energy and trade, and relies heavily on
But, it has also sold drones to Kyiv, angering Moscow, and opposes Russian policies in Syria, Libya, and its annexation of Crimea in 2014,
read the report.According to Reuters Ankara has said it wants to bring together foreign ministers from Ukraine and Russia for talks at a
diplomacy forum next week in southern Turkey
Ukraine has said it is open to such talks, while Russia welcomed Ankara&s offer.The post Turkey&s Erdogan to speak to Russia&s Putin on
Sunday first appeared on Ariana News.
