Erdogan offers to mediate between Moscow and Kyiv in call with Zelenskiy

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Updated: Jan 20, 2023, 15:22 UTC

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan repeated his offer to mediate between Russia and Ukraine in a phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Friday, the Turkish presidency said.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan attends a ceremony to mark an increase in capacity at a natural gas storage facility in Silivri near Istanbul

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan repeated his offer to mediate between Russia and Ukraine in a phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Friday, the Turkish presidency said.

Erdogan also offered his condolences for those who died in a helicopter crash in Ukraine on Wednesday, it said.

(Reporting by Can Sezer and Huseyin Hayatsever; writing by Ali Kucukgocmen; editing by Mark Heinrich)

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