Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that he expects to hold a face-to-face meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in September, Sputnik International reports.
"There will be the G20 meeting in India and the UN General Assembly in the United States in September. If we find an opportunity in this busy environment, we will meet and talk with Putin face-to-face," Erdogan told reporters.
Russia's presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov earlier told the media that Putin and Erdogan had agreed to decide on the time and place of their meeting in the near future. According to the spokesman, the agenda of the two leaders' talks will focus on bilateral ties, the Ukraine crisis and the Black Sea Grain Deal.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan added that Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan may pay a visit to Russia in the near future.
"[The Turkish] foreign minister may soon travel to Russia. Because it is very important that this work [on the grain deal] be face-to-face, and it will be much more targeted to get results," Erogan told media.
Referring to Ukrainian crisis, Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that he hopes for results regarding Ankara's mediation in resolving the conflict.
"We are seeking this [peace talks], this is our hope. We talked about this during [Ukrainian President Volodymyr] Zelensky's visit [to Istanbul], as well as at our meetings at the NATO leaders' summit [in Vilnius]. I hope we get results if the two leaders approve of our mediation," Erdogan told reporters.
